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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 envision is happening as the creatures surround her?
(a) she's at a beauty spa in New York.
(b) she's on vacation.
(c) she's on a spiritual path.
(d) she's sick with pneumonia.

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

3. What is the reason Female Healer and Medicine Man believe Great Stone Hunter got injured for?
(a) so the author would understand the dangers of the Outback.
(b) so the author could know what a true walkabout entails.
(c) so the author could observe the methods of tribal healing.
(d) so the author would understand telepathy.

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

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

6. What is the name of the native Australian people?
(a) Aborigine.
(b) Indian.
(c) Native Australian.
(d) The Tribesman.

7. What is symbolic of Western culture's emphasis on the unnecessary over the basic?
(a) gravy and icing.
(b) clothes and jewelry.
(c) cars and houses.
(d) spouses and children.

8. What are the young man and Tribal Elder participating in that allows for them to communicate freely?
(a) ritual.
(b) mental telepathy.
(c) prayer.
(d) lies.

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

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

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

12. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?
(a) the Outback.
(b) a shed.
(c) a private home.
(d) a grove of trees.

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

14. What does the author offer in gratitude for on a daily basis that affects her physical well being?
(a) plants and animals that offer sustenance.
(b) water and clothes for her body.
(c) health and healing hands.
(d) herbs and dried fruit for her pains.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the drive across the desert?

2. What does the author understand the rituals to be considered?

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

4. Why is the author invited to move to Australia?

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

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