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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does each day begin with on the walkabout?
(a) a blessing .
(b) cleaning of camp.
(c) a chanted prayer or hymn.
(d) breakfast.

2. What does the young man drink that makes him sick?
(a) juice from poison berries.
(b) urine.
(c) contaminated water.
(d) alcohol.

3. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?
(a) massage her feet.
(b) wash her feet in water.
(c) wrap her feet.
(d) ignore the pain.

4. What does the author hope will someday happen between Native people and western culture?
(a) they will work together to heal.
(b) they will understand each other.
(c) a new way of being will emerge.
(d) a full circle of knowledge will unite.

5. What does Ooota suddenly do and just assume that the author will follow in suit?
(a) talk.
(b) laugh.
(c) dance.
(d) walk.

6. What is the author learning to do in ways she had never learned before?
(a) to forgive herself.
(b) to love and care for others.
(c) to love and care for herself.
(d) to feed herself physically and spiritually.

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

8. Who is the author met by when she arrives?
(a) a tour guide.
(b) a hotel concierge.
(c) the driver.
(d) an Aborigine.

9. What does the man who reads the author's palm say about about the birth of the person she will meet'?
(a) their spirits were born of the same moment and agreed to now meet.
(b) their spirits were born under opposing stars.
(c) the birth of this person is a blessed event.
(d) their spirits are meant for a brief connection.

10. What does the author refer to when she speaks of the one experience in Australia that has made her unhappy?
(a) the state of the Aborigines.
(b) the state of the education system.
(c) the quality of the air.
(d) the abandonment of natural resources.

11. Where does a walkabout take place?
(a) wherever it is assigned.
(b) in a colony.
(c) in the Outback.
(d) in a village.

12. What do the Tribal People feel is the best way to heal from an injury?
(a) use telepathy to call in healers.
(b) call of nature for guidance.
(c) slow down and contemplate.
(d) rush for assistance.

13. What kind of attention does the author's work receive?
(a) it is disregarded as racist.
(b) positive.
(c) it is ignored.
(d) negative.

14. What is the author told she needs to select from the pile?
(a) a piece of wood.
(b) a leaf.
(c) a brick.
(d) a rock.

15. What does the author sleep on after they all share a special herb tea?
(a) a few heaps of sand.
(b) a child's sleeping bag.
(c) a pile of sticks.
(d) a bundle of hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the young man and Tribal Elder participating in that allows for them to communicate freely?

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

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

4. What does the author envision is happening as the creatures surround her?

5. What does the main character do for a living?

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