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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 is a wilcha?
2. What was the Pitjantjara's belief about who once traversed the earth?
3. What idea did Robyn want to share with the world, opposite of the press she was receiving?
4. When making camp in a dust-bowl in Chapter 10, what did Robyn unselfconsciously do with the animals?
5. What was the noise that Robyn heard in Chapter 11 that she found the most chilling, hair-lifting sound she had ever heard?
Short Essay Questions
1. What habit did Robyn develop from the first night on the trail in order to check on her camels?
2. How was Pipalyatjara unlike many other settlements?
3. In Chapter 10, Robyn described herself as being "utterly deprogrammed". Describe what this meant.
4. What was Robyn's reaction when Rick did not show up as expected on the trail, in Chapter 7?
5. Why were sandals the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?
6. What rituals did Robyn perform on the desolate nights of camping, in Chapter 7?
7. What did Robyn think of the people she met at Glenayle?
8. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?
9. What happened in Chapter 12 when Zelly would not get into a truck?
10. When Robyn lost her camels in Chapter 10, how did she try to talk herself into avoiding a panic?
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 Robyn showed her anger by blowing up at Kurt in Chapter 1, why did she realize she let all of this anger out at last? What weakness had Kurt touched upon?
Essay Topic 3
When the trip was finally over, what had Robin learned about herself and about other people in general?
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