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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most economically successful and well-organized camp in town?

2. What did nearly everyone warn Robyn about?

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

4. How long did Robyn's pure, uncomplicated confidence last, telling her that she had done something correct for a change?

5. What type of land surrounds Alice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gave Robyn second thoughts about how easy her project would actually be?

2. What kind of trouble did Robyn have with the camel, Kate?

3. In Chapter 5, Robyn met Rick. What stood out about Rick in Robyn's memory?

4. What led Robyn to realize that she must work on her survival techniques in Chapter 5?

5. According to Robyn, what was the current Australian male like as compared to the men who first settled Australia?

6. What became the last straw for Robyn, making her decide to leave Kurt in Chapter 2?

7. When Robyn and her friends finally found the lost camels in Chapter 5, what sort of shape were the animals in?

8. How did Robyn deal with the knowledge that the photojournalist, Rick, would be intruding upon her solitary journey?

9. What was apartheid originally set up in South Africa to accomplish?

10. Why did Kurt's camel, Dookie, attack Robyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain Robyn's views about the media. How did the media affect her personally?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Robyn noted that pride comes before a fall. At this point in the book, what occurred in Robyn's life to indicate her pride and her fall?

Essay Topic 3

One night, in Chapter 2, Robyn was drunk on tequila, and she had a vision of three camels in the night. What did her vision foreshadow for Robyn's journey? Explain how this prophecy came to be true.

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