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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the Aborigines referred to by the girl Robyn shared a tent with?
(a) The boongs.
(b) Natives.
(c) Blacks.
(d) The apes.

2. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?
(a) Seeing the Todd River flow three times.
(b) Purchasing a boomerang.
(c) Stepping into Alice Springs.
(d) Seeing the range for the first time.

3. What did Ada do to a boyfriend who was emptying a can of petrol into the dust?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Threw a bottle tequila at him.
(c) Wrapped him in a blanket.
(d) Struck him with an axe.

4. What was Robyn's goal in Alice?
(a) To work for a summer in the desert.
(b) To write a book about camel taming.
(c) To procure and train wild camels.
(d) To travel Australia by rail.

5. Who provided Robyn with a tent to live in so she could have more privacy?
(a) Gladdy.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Kurt.
(d) The tenants of Basso's Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do camels' feces resemble?

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

3. Where did Ada Baxter live?

4. What did Kurt take a strange pleasure in watching Robyn do?

5. How did Robyn end up living at Basso's Farm?

(see the answer key)

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