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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Robyn and Eddie communicate?
(a) By writing notes.
(b) In Pitjantjara.
(c) They played charades.
(d) In English.

2. What do camels' feces resemble?
(a) Large mounds of rocks.
(b) Long worms.
(c) Neat round little pebbles.
(d) Mud.

3. What unexpected thing did Sallay discover about Zeleika?
(a) She was about to die.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She was uncontrollable.
(d) She had blood poisoning.

4. What was the Pitjantjara's belief about who once traversed the earth?
(a) Those like themselves.
(b) Dinosaurs.
(c) Ancestral beings.
(d) White men.

5. Who did Robyn meet on the road in Chapter 11, thinking they might be bush people?
(a) Rick.
(b) Aboriginal tribesmen.
(c) Her friend, Jen.
(d) The popular press.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the local folklore claim to make people fall in love with the Alice?

3. How did Robyn treat her camels while traveling in the bush?

4. What was the name of Robyn's dog?

5. What did Robyn learn to live with in the desert, even though they swarmed around her and the camels in the thousands?

(see the answer key)

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