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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Robyn arrange to meet up with Jenny and Toly in Chapter 5?
(a) Docker River.
(b) Alice Springs.
(c) Wallera Ranch.
(d) Redbank Gorge.

2. Who waited very patiently and faithfully while Robyn searched for the three lost camels?
(a) Julie.
(b) Diggity.
(c) Toly.
(d) Jen.

3. Why did Robyn find it impossible to get more work in town in order to make money?
(a) The camels took up too much time.
(b) She had cut her foot open on glass.
(c) The economy was slow.
(d) Only men were given jobs.

4. How much money did Robyn receive from National Geographic?
(a) Four thousand dollars.
(b) Four hundred dollars.
(c) Forty dollars.
(d) Forty thousand dollars.

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

6. What type of terrain do camels find it very difficult to handle?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Asphalt.
(c) Grass.
(d) Mud.

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

8. What was there in the Alice that sounded just like a camel bell, often fooling Robyn?
(a) A railroad train.
(b) A wedge-bill bird.
(c) A humming bird.
(d) The car horns.

9. Who was Julie, introduced in Chapter 4?
(a) A policewoman in town.
(b) Kurt's new girlfriend.
(c) A camel trainer.
(d) A friend living with Robyn.

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

11. What ultimately happened to Clivie in Chapter 3?
(a) He became a great friend of Robyn's.
(b) He was sent to a boys' home.
(c) He was hit by a car.
(d) He became a policeman.

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

13. What did Kurt sell to his buyers to go along with the ranch?
(a) All of his and Gladdy's clothing.
(b) Robyn's training services.
(c) Thirty camels.
(d) Basso's Farm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robyn suffer from during her dress rehearsal and pre-meeting with the Americans in Chapter 5?

2. What was the section of the pub Robyn worked in?

3. Who came into the pub to try and talk Robyn into coming back to him?

4. What did Frankie and Clivie do to Robyn?

5. What was Zelika's nature?

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