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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary category does the book fall into?
(a) fiction.
(b) textbook.
(c) memoir.
(d) fantasy.

2. What kind of performance does the author watch the natives perform?
(a) a celebration of life.
(b) a purification ritual.
(c) a rhythmic dance.
(d) a rain dance.

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

4. What is the subtitle of the book?
(a) A Women's Journey into Dreamtime Australia.
(b) A Dream in Australia.
(c) A Woman's Spiritual Quest.
(d) A Woman's Impact on Dreamtime Australia.

5. What does the author notice about the state of the tribe?
(a) they are very healthy.
(b) they are very peaceful.
(c) they are very happy.
(d) they are very productive.

6. What have the Aborigines killed and eaten but say they did so to not create waste?
(a) humans.
(b) elephants.
(c) rodents.
(d) kangaroos.

7. What does the tribe engage in during the process of returning Great Stone Hunter to his original healthy state?
(a) praying and weeping.
(b) praising and worshipping.
(c) singing and weeping.
(d) singing and chanting.

8. 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 kangaroo.
(b) a lion.
(c) a rabbit.
(d) a dove.

9. Who do the Aborigines want to marry so that they can fully integrate into society?
(a) the Irish.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) white people.

10. What does the author contemplate after she observs the healing of Great Stone Hunter?
(a) the nature of Chinese medicine.
(b) spa and beauty treatments.
(c) alternative healing practices.
(d) the nature of western medicine.

11. What part of the body did Great Stone Hunter break?
(a) his arm.
(b) his rib.
(c) his leg.
(d) his pelvis.

12. What kind of narrative is the book?
(a) a quest narrative.
(b) a thematic narrative.
(c) a perspective narrative.
(d) a cultural narrative.

13. 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 star.
(c) a cross.
(d) an anvil.

14. What is the "talent-name" the author gives herself?
(a) Icing Dream.
(b) Fly Accepter.
(c) Bee Charmer.
(d) Dung Collector.

15. What are the young man and Tribal Elder participating in that allows for them to communicate freely?
(a) lies.
(b) prayer.
(c) mental telepathy.
(d) ritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolic of Western culture's emphasis on the unnecessary over the basic?

2. What is the author supposed to be honored for?

3. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?

4. What is the author learning to do in ways she had never learned before?

5. What do the Tribal People feel is the best way to heal from an injury?

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