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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?
(a) the Outback.
(b) a shed.
(c) a private home.
(d) a grove of trees.

2. What does the driver tell the author to remove from her body?
(a) her clothes.
(b) her clothes and jewelry.
(c) her jewelry.
(d) her shoes.

3. What does the author marvel at as she releases the pain of walking and walks into the Outback?
(a) Ooota and his people.
(b) the sky and the plains.
(c) the circling falcon and sips of water.
(d) the rise of the land in front of her.

4. Who does the driver introduce himself as when they arrive at the settlement?
(a) the authors interpreter.
(b) an American.
(c) a leader in education.
(d) a tribal elder.

5. What is the author supposed to be honored for?
(a) her efforts to eradicate illiteracy .
(b) her efforts to provide medical care to the Aborigines.
(c) her efforts to help disadvantaged Aborigines.
(d) her efforts to stop poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author watch in horror as it burns?

2. What does the author hope will help the reader understand the core message of the book?

3. How long was the drive across the desert?

4. Where does the author arrive at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

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