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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 was the noise that Robyn heard in Chapter 11 that she found the most chilling, hair-lifting sound she had ever heard?

2. How much did Robyn eat in the mornings while on the trail in Chapter 6?

3. What led Robyn to have a very long and tense afternoon in Chapter 10?

4. What was one of Glendle's failures at Pipalyatjara?

5. Where did Eddie accompany Robin to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened in Chapter 12 when Zelly would not get into a truck?

5. What rituals did Robyn perform on the desolate nights of camping, in Chapter 7?

6. In Robyn's letter to her friend, Steve, what did she intimate to him about her feelings toward this adventure?

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

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

9. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?

10. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, if anything, did Robyn want to prove to herself by the undertaking of this trip? What strengths and weaknesses would such a trip envision for someone like Robyn?

Essay Topic 2

When the trip was finally over, what had Robin learned about herself and about other people in general?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the racism in the Alice with the misogyny Robyn and other white women experienced there.

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