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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Robyn to sit on the riverbank and weep for 30 minutes in Chapter 4?
(a) Zelly had her baby camel.
(b) Dookie tried to kill her again.
(c) Bub's foot was cut badly.
(d) She was lost in the desert.

2. What did Robyn suffer from during her dress rehearsal and pre-meeting with the Americans in Chapter 5?
(a) Severe stage fright.
(b) A cold.
(c) A bout of pneumonia.
(d) The flu.

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

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

5. What did Robyn have with her when she first arrived in Alice?
(a) A dog, six dollars and a small suitcase.
(b) A dog, six dollars and two suitcases.
(c) Two dogs, six dollars and a large suitcase.
(d) Sixty dollars, a cat and a tote bag.

6. What did Robyn do to Kate at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Shot her.
(b) Operated on her.
(c) Sold her.
(d) Stripped her hide.

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

8. What happened to destroy Robyn's tent, forcing her back into Kurt's home?
(a) Strong lightning.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A hailstorm.

9. When did Zelly decide to give birth?
(a) While Robyn was exhausted.
(b) At the end of her journey.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) While Robyn was away on holiday.

10. How did Kurt refer to the tourists?
(a) The terrorists.
(b) The good people.
(c) The town friends.
(d) The bloody idiots.

11. What was wrong with Kate in Chapter 3?
(a) She broke her knee.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She had blood poisoning.
(d) She had a toothache.

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

13. What was expected of Robyn in her first eight months working for Kurt?
(a) To spy on Kurt's camel saddle designs.
(b) To watch Kurt and learn.
(c) To follow and pick up after the camels all day.
(d) Clean house.

14. How did the range affect the people of Alice?
(a) It made them feel very important.
(b) It made them hungry.
(c) It irritated most of them.
(d) It sent them troppo.

15. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?
(a) Todd Camp.
(b) Camp Cook.
(c) Mt. Nancy.
(d) Camp Dora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankie and Clivie do to Robyn?

2. Where did Robyn arrange to meet up with Jenny and Toly in Chapter 5?

3. Nancy was introduced in Chapter 2. Who was she?

4. What was it about the visiting politico in Chapter 5 that Robyn was so jealous of?

5. During which season did Robyn decide to leave for the actual journey?

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