Mutant Message Down Under Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Marlo Morgan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Mutant Message Down Under Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Marlo Morgan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 did the author design in order to help young Aborigines to take a position and use their skills?

2. What is the name of the native Australian people?

3. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?

4. How does a human being give honor to their universally connected being?

5. What does the author contemplate after she observs the healing of Great Stone Hunter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tribe discuss after the injury/healing experience?

2. What do The Real People believe that illness and/or injury is really an opportunity for?

3. What does the author think about during the ride to the luncheon meeting?

4. What is the one experience in Australia that has made the author unhappy?

5. What is the brief disclaimer given by the author?

6. Why does the tribe separate into two groups?

7. What does the young man who reads her palm tell the author about why she has come to Australia?

8. Where is the author taken and what happens once she gets there?

9. What do the Aborigines speak of doing as a desire to change the trajectory of their future?

10. What does Regal Black Swan tell the author about the flies and why they are here to help and how she cannot survive without them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the Aboriginal People from the middle of the 20th century to today. What has been their major causes of societal ills and concerns? What politics have played a part in their social position? How has racism affected their very way of life? What does their future look like, even with sweeping changes (or lack thereof). Use references from the text to cross-analyze your findings with that of your research.

Essay Topic 2

What are the major symbols of the book and what is their significance? What objects, sayings, or events, become symbolic and impart a deeper meaning both for the author and for the reader? Provide 3 examples of symbolism and include textual references in your response.

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary genre: Memoir. Discuss the 3 major ways in which Memoir differs from fiction and non-fiction. Next, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Memoir. Is this current trend something that is attracting bloggers, diary writers, and other such writers to the field? When is a Memoir considered a literary work of art?

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