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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say that nature has as opposed to what the diamonds had?
(a) time and circumstance.
(b) meaning and value.
(c) value and clarity.
(d) expansiveness and protection.

2. What practice does the tribe never participate in?
(a) counting the days on a calendar.
(b) arranged marriage.
(c) birth control.
(d) keeping track of the hours.

3. What does the author watch in horror as it burns?
(a) her hair.
(b) her shoes.
(c) her clothes and jewelry.
(d) her valuable ring.

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

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

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

7. What is beginning to ease for the author?
(a) the pain in her feet.
(b) the cold of the air against her skin.
(c) the fear of being with strangers.
(d) the feeling of loneliness.

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

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

10. Where does the setting of the book take place?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) Australia.
(d) Asia.

11. What does the author decide to do when Ooota takes the lead on the walkabout?
(a) to go one mile.
(b) to commit to the experience.
(c) to let Ooota lead freely.
(d) to only go so far .

12. What does the author hope will help the reader understand the core message of the book?
(a) the truth of the natives.
(b) the dialogue of the people.
(c) the meaning of the events.
(d) the way of life conveyed.

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

14. What is the author invited to teach about the benefits and uses of?
(a) a strategic defense system.
(b) an improved education system.
(c) an innovative agricultural invention.
(d) an innovative medical diagnostic tool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author most hope to convey through writing the book?

2. What did the author design in order to help young Aborigines to take a position and use their skills?

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

4. What is the name of the main character?

5. What happens after the young man arrives ?

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