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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 sort of creatures surround the author and cleanse her body of dead skin, her nose of obstructions, and her ears of wax?
(a) flies.
(b) wasps.
(c) hornets.
(d) locusts.

2. Where does the author arrive at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) a hotel in Australia.
(b) a friend's house in Australia.
(c) the Outback.
(d) the Sydney airport.

3. What does the man who reads the author's palm say about about the birth of the person she will meet'?
(a) their spirits were born under opposing stars.
(b) their spirits are meant for a brief connection.
(c) their spirits were born of the same moment and agreed to now meet.
(d) the birth of this person is a blessed event.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the body did Great Stone Hunter break?

2. What do the tribesman cook that the author thinks she cannot eat?

3. What does the author envision is happening as the creatures surround her?

4. What is the author invited to teach about the benefits and uses of?

5. What kind of narrative is the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author give herself the talent-name of "Dung-Collector"?

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

3. What does the author suggest about indigenous people?

4. What does the author feel as Ooota simply starts walking without any announcement?

5. What does the author think about during the ride to the luncheon meeting?

6. What is the author instructed to do after the driver and author arrive at the settlement?

7. Why does the author write that the flower the girl wore throughout the day "had meaning" and that her friend's diamonds "had value".

8. How is Great Stone Hunter healed?

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

10. Why does the tribe separate into two groups?

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