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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens after the young man arrives ?
(a) the kangaroo is healed.
(b) the young man never arrives.
(c) he is healed and the kangaroo is cooked.
(d) there is no kangaroo.

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

4. What was the author told about how the Aborigines in Australia are regarded?
(a) they are unintelligent, unreliable, and a dying race.
(b) they are astute, responsible, and self-reliant.
(c) they are needy, beggers, and thieves.
(d) they are dangerous, loud, violent.

5. What practice does the tribe never participate in?
(a) arranged marriage.
(b) birth control.
(c) counting the days on a calendar.
(d) keeping track of the hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author marvel at as she releases the pain of walking and walks into the Outback?

2. What does the author say that nature has as opposed to what the diamonds had?

3. What literary category does the book fall into?

4. What does the author notice about the state of the tribe?

5. What does the disclaimer suggest is the genre of the book?

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