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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only type of job the Aborigine child was likely to get upon finishing school?
(a) Corporation work.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Itinerant station work.
(d) Owning a business.

2. Who were Alcoota, Kate and Zeleika?
(a) Robyn's best friends.
(b) Robyn's employers.
(c) Camels.
(d) Robyn's sisters.

3. What was the "dog window" in some Northern Territory bars?
(a) An entrance for customers' dogs.
(b) The area in which women were served.
(c) The cashier's payment window.
(d) A back window where liquor was sold to blacks.

4. Nancy was introduced in Chapter 2. Who was she?
(a) Robyn's best friend.
(b) Another camel trainer.
(c) Sallay's wife.
(d) Robyn's sister.

5. Who did Robyn develop a close friendship with in Chapter 2?
(a) Kurt.
(b) One of the many camels.
(c) Gladdy.
(d) Fulerton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?

2. What happened to destroy Robyn's tent, forcing her back into Kurt's home?

3. What did nearly everyone warn Robyn about?

4. What was the section of the pub Robyn worked in?

5. What did Robyn own in order to keep herself protected, as a woman who lived alone?

(see the answer key)

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