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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a human being give honor to their universally connected being?
(a) by taking.
(b) by creating.
(c) by loving.
(d) by giving.

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

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

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

5. What does the man who reads the author's palm tell her about why she has come to Australia?
(a) to realize she loves her home and must return.
(b) to become a humanitarian.
(c) to fulfill her destiny.
(d) to fulfill the destiny of the Aboriginal people.

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

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

8. What are the members of the tribe working together to create?
(a) shelter.
(b) a meal.
(c) a boat.
(d) a garden.

9. What does the author begin to understand she is respecting about the land and the people of Australia?
(a) sustaining her own security .
(b) sustaining health.
(c) sustaining the life force in all things.
(d) sustaining the friendships she has made.

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

11. What do the author and the tribesmen use as a means for fairly successful communication?
(a) dance.
(b) tribal vocabulary.
(c) sign language.
(d) writing.

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

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

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

15. What object does Tool Maker reconstruct while Ooota points out that the tribe does not make judgement of other peoples belief?
(a) a cross.
(b) a crescent moon.
(c) a star.
(d) an anvil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?

2. What does the author watch in horror as it burns?

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

4. Whose grave do the author and tribe encounter on their journey?

5. What is the subtitle of the book?

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