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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 is symbolic of Western culture's emphasis on the unnecessary over the basic?
(a) spouses and children.
(b) clothes and jewelry.
(c) gravy and icing.
(d) cars and houses.

2. What object does Tool Maker reconstruct while Ooota points out that the tribe does not make judgement of other peoples belief?
(a) a crescent moon.
(b) a cross.
(c) a star.
(d) an anvil.

3. What does the young man tell Tribal Elder that he has found and killed and is preparing to bring it back to the tribe?
(a) a lion.
(b) a rabbit.
(c) a dove.
(d) a kangaroo.

4. What does everyone else do when Tribal Elder falls silent?
(a) everyone follows suit.
(b) everyone stands.
(c) everyone begins to worry.
(d) everyone begins to talk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is a "walkabout"

2. What is beginning to ease for the author?

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

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

5. What does the author begin to understand she is respecting about the land and the people of Australia?

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