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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the author's guide?
(a) Otaoo.
(b) Taoa.
(c) Ooota.
(d) Otaa.

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

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

4. According to the tribe, what parts of the human being are universally connected?
(a) body, mind, and spirit.
(b) heart, mind, and spirit.
(c) spirit, thought, and body.
(d) thought, body, and heart.

5. What is the main issue that is explored in the book?
(a) nature.
(b) humanity.
(c) physicality.
(d) spirituality.

6. What does the author have to forgive herself for?
(a) her racism.
(b) her anger.
(c) her past.
(d) her elitism.

7. Who are the author and driver met by when they arrive at the small settlement?
(a) two middle-aged women.
(b) a middle-aged man.
(c) a little girl and her brother.
(d) a tribal elder.

8. What do the tribesman cook that the author thinks she cannot eat?
(a) a snake.
(b) spiders.
(c) a white worm.
(d) a kangaroo.

9. What does the author marvel at as she releases the pain of walking and walks into the Outback?
(a) the sky and the plains.
(b) the circling falcon and sips of water.
(c) Ooota and his people.
(d) the rise of the land in front of her.

10. What does the author immediately suffer injuries to from thorny grass called spinifex?
(a) her shoulders.
(b) her face.
(c) her calves.
(d) her feet.

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

12. What kind of "process" does the author undergo that involves smoke?
(a) a detoxification process.
(b) a religious process.
(c) an inspirational process.
(d) a purification process.

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

14. Who does the author prayerfully thank at the end of the evening?
(a) her fellow tribesmen.
(b) the Power above.
(c) her higher power.
(d) the Tribal Elder.

15. What is the author supposed to be honored for?
(a) her efforts to eradicate illiteracy .
(b) her efforts to help disadvantaged Aborigines.
(c) her efforts to provide medical care to the Aborigines.
(d) her efforts to stop poverty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author met by when she arrives?

3. What kind of ceremony did the author receive an invitation for?

4. Who does the man who reads the author's palm say she will meet while she is in Australia?

5. What does the author refer to when she speaks of the one experience in Australia that has made her unhappy?

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