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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insect lived in the Basso's Farm home that Robyn detested the most?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Fire ants.
(d) Leeches.

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

3. What was the name of Sallay's wife?
(a) Gladdy.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Ida.
(d) Iris.

4. By the beginning of Chapter 4, what did Robyn believe Kurt had the capacity to do?
(a) Commit murder.
(b) Perform magic.
(c) Train camels.
(d) Be generous.

5. What was Robyn's first impression of Alice?
(a) How deserted it was.
(b) Its architectural ugliness.
(c) The lack of women.
(d) The beauty of the homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ada do to a boyfriend who was emptying a can of petrol into the dust?

2. What did Robyn's pet crow, Akhnaton, do that became increasingly annoying to her?

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

4. What do camels' feces resemble?

5. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?

(see the answer key)

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