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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 Robyn refer to as being "four hundred miles of spinifex wastes"?
2. What did Eddie keep telling Robyn regarding the whereabouts of Glendle?
3. Who was Peter Muir?
4. What did Robyn and Rick see on their drive back along the Canning in Chapter 11?
5. What adjective did Robyn use to describe the green landscape of the sandhills in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rituals did Robyn perform on the desolate nights of camping, in Chapter 7?
2. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?
3. When Eddie and Robyn were getting ready for their trip to Warburton, how did Eddie prepare?
4. How did racism play a role in Wiluna when Robyn and Rick were invited to a dance?
5. What began to unravel the inner string that held down the panic in Robyn, in Chapter 8?
6. Why were sandals the best type of footwear for Robyn to wear in the desert?
7. In Robyn's letter to her friend, Steve, what did she intimate to him about her feelings toward this adventure?
8. Robyn followed an abandoned track in Chapter 6. What is the definition of a track in Australia?
9. Robyn came to a road that was not on her map in Chapter 6. How did she react?
10. Why wasn't Robyn looking forward to arriving at Ayers Rock?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the trip was finally over, what had Robin learned about herself and about other people in general?
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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