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

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

4. What does the author learn about the communication between all living things?
(a) there is an inter-relationship.
(b) there is a spiritual center.
(c) there is mass communication available at all times.
(d) no one is capable of mental telepathy.

5. What is the author invited to teach about the benefits and uses of?
(a) a strategic defense system.
(b) an innovative medical diagnostic tool.
(c) an innovative agricultural invention.
(d) an improved education system.

6. Who does the man who reads the author's palm say she will meet while she is in Australia?
(a) a man who will become a father figure.
(b) a person whose soul was tied to her own before birth.
(c) a woman who will show her how to love again.
(d) a child who will change her life.

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

8. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?
(a) wash her feet in water.
(b) wrap her feet.
(c) ignore the pain.
(d) massage her feet.

9. 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 the destiny of the Aboriginal people.
(d) to fulfill her destiny.

10. What two groups does the tribe separate into upon hearing the news of the young man?
(a) praying and healing.
(b) healing and chanting.
(c) healing and cooking.
(d) cooking and praying.

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

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

13. What object does the author remember the woman back in America causes herself increasing stress over?
(a) a diamond necklace.
(b) designer shoes.
(c) handbags.
(d) designer clothes.

14. What does the author hope will help the reader understand the core message of the book?
(a) the way of life conveyed.
(b) the meaning of the events.
(c) the truth of the natives.
(d) the dialogue of the people.

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