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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Robyn write home, as a joke, to indicate what types of animals she was training?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Feral dogs.
(c) Giant cockroaches.
(d) WIld camels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ada Baxter live?

2. What did Robyn have to throw into Kate's neck, as ordered by the vet?

3. Who provided Robyn with a tent to live in so she could have more privacy?

4. What did Robyn tell Gladdy her feelings were about the town so far?

5. What was there in the Alice that sounded just like a camel bell, often fooling Robyn?

(see the answer key)

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