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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the drive across the desert?
(a) five hours.
(b) four hours.
(c) ten hours.
(d) two hours.

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

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

4. What is the special herbal tea drunk in celebration of?
(a) the alignment of the stars.
(b) the authors acceptance into the tribe.
(c) the fullness of the moon.
(d) the ending of a meal.

5. What is the tar-like substance that Female Healer applies to Great Sone Hunter's injuries made of?
(a) wild dingo dung.
(b) menstrual blood.
(c) fly paste.
(d) blood of the kangaroo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main issue that is explored in the book?

2. What lesson does the kangaroo teach?

3. What does the young man drink that makes him sick?

4. What is the definition of "dream" to the Aborigines?

5. What is the only indication of injury that the Great Stone Hunter bears the morning after?

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