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

2. What does the young man drink that makes him sick?
(a) contaminated water.
(b) juice from poison berries.
(c) urine.
(d) alcohol.

3. 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.

4. What does the disclaimer suggest is the genre of the book?
(a) memoir.
(b) a work of fiction.
(c) anthology.
(d) non-fiction.

5. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?
(a) they are an indication of the individuals talent.
(b) they were given upon birth.
(c) they are given by the gods.
(d) they are ignored and seen as trite and insignificant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the driver introduce himself as when they arrive at the settlement?

2. What does the author marvel at as she releases the pain of walking and walks into the Outback?

3. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?

4. What is the tar-like substance that Female Healer applies to Great Sone Hunter's injuries made of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the brief disclaimer given by the author?

2. Describe the beginning of each day as the author experiences several weeks of walking.

3. Explain what Ooota means when he says that mental telepathy is the preferred means of communication for The Real People (Aborigines)?

4. Why does the author end up buried in the sand?

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

6. What does the author suggest about indigenous people?

7. Why does the tribe believe is the reason why Great Stone Hunter was injured?

8. Where is the author taken and what happens once she gets there?

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

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

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