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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ooota tell her about all other types of communications?
(a) they are faster.
(b) they are more efficient.
(c) they lead to results.
(d) they are lies.

2. Where does the author arrive at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) the Sydney airport.
(b) a hotel in Australia.
(c) a friend's house in Australia.
(d) the Outback.

3. Whose grave do the author and tribe encounter on their journey?
(a) a tribalman.
(b) an American.
(c) a woman.
(d) a long-forgotten mutant.

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

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

6. How old is the main character of the book?
(a) young adult.
(b) late teen.
(c) middle aged.
(d) senior citizen.

7. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?
(a) he has lost his way.
(b) he has suffered injury.
(c) he has encountered danger.
(d) he has fallen ill.

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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) the rise of the land in front of her.
(d) Ooota and his people.

13. What does the author understand the rituals to be considered?
(a) a celebration.
(b) a punishment.
(c) a test.
(d) a release.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two groups does the tribe separate into upon hearing the news of the young man?

2. Where does the setting of the book take place?

3. What is the reason Female Healer and Medicine Man believe Great Stone Hunter got injured for?

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

5. Even though the author knows that the move to Australia would be a major change, what does she realize about the opportunity?

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