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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 did Eddie keep telling Robyn regarding the whereabouts of Glendle?

2. What did Robyn find out about her feelings for Eddie in Chapter 9?

3. What time, approximately, did the camels awaken while on the trails in Chapter 6?

4. Who was Robyn with when she had her first encounter with a wild bull?

5. What adjective did Robyn use to describe the green landscape of the sandhills in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robyn think of the people she met at Glenayle?

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

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

4. What combination of elements let Robyn's story get carried away by the media?

5. How did racism play a role in Wiluna when Robyn and Rick were invited to a dance?

6. Why didn't Robyn ride her camels more often during the trip?

7. In Chapter 10, Robyn described herself as being "utterly deprogrammed". Describe what this meant.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Robyn's inner fears and lack of self-confidence at certain points in the book.

Essay Topic 2

After nearly going crazy in the desert in Chapter 8, a group of Aborigines returning to Wingelinna and Pipalyatjara after a land rights meeting approached Robyn's tent. Compare and contrast the two Aborigines who stood out for Robyn: the younger man who spoke some English and the older man, Mr. Eddie. What did each represent to her?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Robyn's motivations for wanting to travel across the desert with camels. Explain why it had become not merely a trip or adventure, but something far more to her.

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