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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of "process" does the author undergo that involves smoke?
(a) a purification process.
(b) a religious process.
(c) an inspirational process.
(d) a detoxification process.

2. Why is the author invited to move to Australia?
(a) to work with employing sustainable agriculture.
(b) to reform the Aborigines.
(c) to work with children.
(d) to work with the healthcare system.

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

4. What was the author told about how the Aborigines in Australia are regarded?
(a) they are astute, responsible, and self-reliant.
(b) they are dangerous, loud, violent.
(c) they are unintelligent, unreliable, and a dying race.
(d) they are needy, beggers, and thieves.

5. What is the "talent-name" the author gives herself?
(a) Dung Collector.
(b) Icing Dream.
(c) Bee Charmer.
(d) Fly Accepter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is a "walkabout"

2. What is the book primarily inspired after?

3. What does the author have to forgive herself for?

4. What did the young girl of the tribe find and wear and then return to the earth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one experience in Australia that has made the author unhappy?

2. What do The Real People believe that illness and/or injury is really an opportunity for?

3. What kind of acceptance ritual occurs as they all prepare to sleep?

4. What happens to the author that spikes a feeling of horror in her?

5. What does the tribe discuss after the injury/healing experience?

6. What does the young man who reads her palm tell the author about why she has come to Australia?

7. How does the author learn she has been accepted by the natives?

8. What does the author suggest about indigenous people?

9. What are gravy and icing a symbol of?

10. What do the members of the tribe seem to be working together to create and how does the author respond?

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