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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 contemplate as she stares at the stars?
(a) the child-rearing process.
(b) the death process.
(c) the mating process.
(d) the aging process.

2. Where has the author heard the story that Story Teller has told her before?
(a) at her old job.
(b) in the cafe.
(c) by the mound under the rain cloud.
(d) on a subway.

3. What does the author borrow money for?
(a) to make a phone call.
(b) for shelter.
(c) to buy food.
(d) for water.

4. Who suddenly begins leading the walk for two straight days?
(a) Female Healer.
(b) Kindred to Large Animals.
(c) Medicine Man.
(d) the author.

5. Which member of the tribe runs out into the desert and returns with a large green leaf?
(a) Great Stone Hunter.
(b) Spirit Woman.
(c) Bringer of Happiness.
(d) Kindred to Large Animals.

6. What do the tribes people hold up and announce they have found the perfect container for the mutant who is addicted to water?
(a) sturdy hides.
(b) large hooves.
(c) camel bladder.
(d) large leaves.

7. How do The Real People sit after an evening meal?
(a) in a circle.
(b) under the trees.
(c) spread out.
(d) on rocks.

8. What does the author do as the tribe is butchering the camel and preserving the blood, organs, kins, and meat?
(a) collecting dung.
(b) helping the tribe.
(c) observing the ritual.
(d) writing down the process.

9. Where does each person place the leaf with the aim to re-create the leaf?
(a) into the ground.
(b) in their palm.
(c) on their abdomen.
(d) balanced on their head.

10. How long does it take the tribe to decide whether or not the gifts of Time Keeper and Memory Keeper are to be shared with the mutant?
(a) four.
(b) five.
(c) three.
(d) one.

11. With whom does the author share her destiny?
(a) Secret Keeper.
(b) Regal Black Swan.
(c) Spirit Woman.
(d) Memory Keeper.

12. What is the core experience of all Mutants?
(a) love.
(b) fear.
(c) hate.
(d) peace.

13. What does Spirit Woman instruct the author to do that would help her dream?
(a) dance.
(b) think.
(c) laugh.
(d) sing.

14. Who sits across from the author that she ends up writing about?
(a) Great Stone Hunter.
(b) Female Healer.
(c) Sewing Master.
(d) Medicine Man.

15. Which member of the tribe has a celebration involving a banquet and a storytelling in her honor?
(a) Kindred to Large Animals.
(b) Spirit Woman.
(c) Female Healer.
(d) Secret Keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson does the kangaroo teach?

2. What lesson does the dolphin teach?

3. What has happened to most of the sacred sites of the Aborigine people?

4. To who or what do the tribal people offer their talent to in the morning after the concert?

5. What is the definition of "dream" to the Aborigines?

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