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Comprehension Test
Desert, Mountain, Sea – Short Stories
Sue Leather
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a Robyn thought that Alice Springs was beautiful.
b Robyn worked very hard on Kurt Posel’s farm.
c Robyn spoke Pitjantjara very well.
d Robyn didn’t like travelling with Eddie.
e People had died before when they tried to climb Annapurna.
fArlene decided not to take Sherpas with them to the mountain.
g The Sherpas didn’t think they were being paid enough.
h Naomi wasn’t happy in her hairdressing job.
i Rob didn’t want Naomi to go around the world.
h Naomi made no stops in her journey around the world.
20 marks

2 Why did the Annapurna group need five camps on the mountain?10 marks

3 Match the following words with the correct story: capsize, saddle, summit, harbour, sunstroke, porter, deck, tent, avalanche, bush.
Across the Australian Desert






Climbing Annapurna






Alone Around the World








20 marks

4 From which story do the following sentences come from? Across the Australian Desert, Climbing Annapurna, AloneAround the World
a At nights they sat together in the tents and sang songs after dinner. ...............
b For the first seven nights, her alarm clock rang every twenty minutes to wake her up. ...............
c They liked to laugh at the tourists with their cameras. ...............
d She could be at home having hot baths and eating good food every night. ...............
e She carried arifle, though she hoped she would never have to use it. ...............
10 marks

5 Before Naomi began her journey she had to write on the tins of food with a special pen. Why?








10 marks

6 Write a short comment about your favourite story from the book. Why did you like it? Would you like to do the same thing? Why/why not?




















30 marksTotal marks


Multiple-choice Test
Desert, Mountain, Sea – Short Stories
Sue Leather

Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 It took Robyn Davidson _____ to prepare her trip in Australia.
a [ ] eighteen months b [ ] two years c [ ] six months d [ ] three years
2 Camels _____ Australia.
a [ ] had always been in b [ ] couldn’t live in
c [ ] came fromIndia and Afghanistan to d [ ] came from North Africa to
3 Robyn was given two camels by _____.
a [ ] her parents b [ ] Kurt Posel c [ ] Sallay Mahomet d [ ] Gladdy Posel
4 Arlene Blum first had the idea of climbing Annapurna in _____.
a [ ] 1976 b [ ] 1977 c [ ] 1978 d [ ] 1979
5 She found most of the women for the trip _____.
a [ ] throughmountaineering friends b [ ] on mountaineering trips
c [ ] through a magazine for climbers d [ ] through a newspaper advertisement
6 The team had to find _____ dollars for the expedition.
a [ ] ninety thousand b [ ] eight thousand c [ ] one million d [ ] eighty thousand
7 Annapurna was very dangerous because of its _____ in particular.
a [ ] extreme weather b [] height c [ ] camps d [ ] avalanches
8 Naomi Power was born in _____.
a [ ] Dartmouth b [ ] New Zealand c [ ] Austria d [ ] the USA
9 She wanted to sail solo _____.
a [ ] and non-stop around the world b [ ] and non-stop to Europe
c [ ] to Australia d [ ] to South Africa
10 The name of her boat was _____.
a [ ] Crusader b [ ] Hawkes Bayc [ ] Express Crusader d [ ] Express
20 marks


Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Sallay Mahomet was a _____ man with dark eyes.
a [ ] tall Egyptian b [ ] short Iranian c [ ] short Afghan d [ ] tall Afghan
12 Robyn had to shoot _____ when she became too ill.
a [ ] Dookie b [ ] Alcoota Kate c [ ] Zeleika d [ ] Khartoum
13 Mr Eddie was...