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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 and 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's new career?
(a) a speaker on the teachings of the Aborigines.
(b) a speaker on the politics the Aborigines.
(c) a speaker on herbs and healing chants.
(d) a speaker on the rigors and hardships of the Outback.

2. Where does each person place the leaf with the aim to re-create the leaf?
(a) in their palm.
(b) on their abdomen.
(c) balanced on their head.
(d) into the ground.

3. What does the man who reads the author's palm tell her about why she has come to Australia?
(a) to fulfill her destiny.
(b) to become a humanitarian.
(c) to fulfill the destiny of the Aboriginal people.
(d) to realize she loves her home and must return.

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

5. What does the author contemplate as she stares at the stars?
(a) the mating process.
(b) the child-rearing process.
(c) the death process.
(d) the aging process.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suddenly begins leading the walk for two straight days?

2. How do The Real People sit after an evening meal?

3. How does the tribe respond when the author says she's suffering from dehydration?

4. How does the state of the young Aboriginal people appear to the author?

5. What force of nature envelopes the tribe, separates them, injures some, and washes away many of their belongings?

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