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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. Why were Robyn and her friends unable to gain entry to a dance in Wiluna?

2. What was the actual nature of Wallera Ranch?

3. When making camp in a dust-bowl in Chapter 10, what did Robyn unselfconsciously do with the animals?

4. Why did Robyn make a great fuss over Diggity in Chapter 10?

5. How much did Robyn eat in the mornings while on the trail in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What habit did Robyn develop from the first night on the trail in order to check on her camels?

2. What did Dookie do that Toly found hysterical in Chapter 11?

3. What combination of elements let Robyn's story get carried away by the media?

4. In Robyn's letter to her friend, Steve, what did she intimate to him about her feelings toward this adventure?

5. Why did Robyn want to keep a fair distance covered, resting only one day a week?

6. When Robyn came across the first person in Pipalyatjara who spoke English, why did she ignore her first instincts to show her joy?

7. How do Aboriginal people categorize distance?

8. According to Robyn, how did the Australian government promote assimilation in the bush?

9. How did racism play a role in Wiluna when Robyn and Rick were invited to a dance?

10. On Robyn's first night out on the trail, why was she a little bit nervous?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Chapter 4, there was this quote from "Speedboat" by Renata Adler:

"I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort."

Explain the meaning of this quote as it related to Robyn in Chapter 4.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Robyn's motivations for wanting to travel across the desert with camels. Explain why it had become not merely a trip or adventure, but something far more to her.

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