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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Frankie and Clivie do to Robyn?
(a) Lied to her.
(b) Brought her presents.
(c) Teased her.
(d) Stole from her.

3. Who drove Robyn out to meet Sallay Mahomet?
(a) A geologist.
(b) An animal trainer.
(c) A tourist guide.
(d) A teacher.

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

5. What crime had someone been committing in Alice for the past twenty years, without detection?
(a) Poisoning dogs.
(b) Robbing banks.
(c) Robbing homes.
(d) Laying traps for camels.

6. What did Kurt take a strange pleasure in watching Robyn do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Get bitten by the camels.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Get callusses.

7. What was the modern-day manifestation of the Australian male?
(a) Charming, sober and effeminate.
(b) Biased, brutal and boring.
(c) Easygoing, educated and fun.
(d) Mannerly, adventuresome and handsome.

8. What did Robyn consider taking money from National Geographic to be?
(a) The best luck she ever had.
(b) Newfound freedom.
(c) A sell-out.
(d) Ingenious.

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

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

11. How long did Robyn's pure, uncomplicated confidence last, telling her that she had done something correct for a change?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) Ten seconds.

12. What did Robyn find to be the most excruciating thing to cope with, both before and after her trip?
(a) The people.
(b) Lack of money.
(c) Training camels.
(d) Learning to make and fix things.

13. How old was Joanie?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Fourteen.

14. 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.

15. Who was Blue?
(a) Robyn's car.
(b) A pet camel.
(c) Kurt's youngest camel.
(d) Gladdy's old dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "dog window" in some Northern Territory bars?

2. What did Robyn coldly contemplate doing one night when she slept over at Gladdy's house in Chapter 4?

3. What did a visiting politico accuse Robyn of being?

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

5. What did the blue smoke seen by Robyn through the gum leaves indicate?

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