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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling overcame Robyn when she had to fly back to Alice Springs in Chapter 7?

2. The Aboriginals called Robyn "kungka rama-rama" in Chapter 6. What does this mean?

3. What did Robyn learn to live with in the desert, even though they swarmed around her and the camels in the thousands?

4. What repetitious action did Robyn's body take on when she had to shoot wild camels?

5. Where was Rick and Robyn's next anticipated meeting place once he drove across Gunbarrel Highway?

Short Essay Questions

1. What began to unravel the inner string that held down the panic in Robyn, in Chapter 8?

2. How do Aboriginal people categorize distance?

3. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?

4. Robyn followed an abandoned track in Chapter 6. What is the definition of a track in Australia?

5. How did Robyn cope in Chapter 10 when four wild bull camels were coming towards her, looking for trouble?

6. What were the nuisances Robyn had to deal with when searching for a good camping spot?

7. Robyn came to a road that was not on her map in Chapter 6. How did she react?

8. When Eddie and Robyn were getting ready for their trip to Warburton, how did Eddie prepare?

9. How did the press find out about Robyn's journey across the outback?

10. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the socioeconomic problems faced by the Aborigines in Australia. Include the Australian government's system of assimilation in your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Robyn's relationship with Eddie to that of her relationship with Rick.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of death in Robyn's story. How did death affect Robyn? In what ways did she defy death? Support your answer with evidence, giving quotes and/or chapters to reference.

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