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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the main character do for a living?
(a) business woman.
(b) health care practitioner.
(c) teacher.
(d) graphic designer.

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

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

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

6. What is the only indication of injury that the Great Stone Hunter bears the morning after?
(a) a fine, dark scar.
(b) he is depressed.
(c) panic and anxiety.
(d) nausea.

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

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

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

10. How does the state of the young Aboriginal people appear to the author?
(a) marrying young and raising children.
(b) intoxicated on alcohol and drugs.
(c) acclimated to their surroundings.
(d) sad but coping through education and programs.

11. What is The Real People's belief that illness and/or injury is an opportunity for?
(a) opportunity to discover what is wrong.
(b) opportunity to appreciate the gifts of existence.
(c) opportunity to learn more about medicine.
(d) opportunity to release toxins.

12. What does the author most hope to convey through writing the book?
(a) a new religion.
(b) the history of the Aborigine people.
(c) a new way of life.
(d) a core spiritual truth.

13. How long is a "walkabout"
(a) a six month trek.
(b) a one month trek.
(c) a three month trek.
(d) a year long trek.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author told she needs to select from the pile?

2. What is the tar-like substance that Female Healer applies to Great Sone Hunter's injuries made of?

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

4. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?

5. What does the driver tell the author to remove from her body?

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