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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of attention does the author's work receive?
(a) positive.
(b) it is disregarded as racist.
(c) negative.
(d) it is ignored.

2. What does the author refer to when she speaks of the one experience in Australia that has made her unhappy?
(a) the state of the Aborigines.
(b) the quality of the air.
(c) the abandonment of natural resources.
(d) the state of the education system.

3. How does the state of the young Aboriginal people appear to the author?
(a) marrying young and raising children.
(b) sad but coping through education and programs.
(c) acclimated to their surroundings.
(d) intoxicated on alcohol and drugs.

4. What is the name of the native Australian people?
(a) Aborigine.
(b) The Tribesman.
(c) Native Australian.
(d) Indian.

5. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?
(a) massage her feet.
(b) wash her feet in water.
(c) ignore the pain.
(d) wrap her feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author supposed to be honored for?

2. What is the special herbal tea drunk in celebration of?

3. Even though the author knows that the move to Australia would be a major change, what does she realize about the opportunity?

4. What does the driver give the author shortly after their introduction?

5. What kind of performance does the author watch the natives perform?

(see the answer key)

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