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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 have to forgive herself for?
(a) her elitism.
(b) her racism.
(c) her past.
(d) her anger.

2. What happens after the young man arrives ?
(a) the kangaroo is healed.
(b) he is healed and the kangaroo is cooked.
(c) the young man never arrives.
(d) there is no kangaroo.

3. What is the author supposed to be honored for?
(a) her efforts to provide medical care to the Aborigines.
(b) her efforts to stop poverty.
(c) her efforts to help disadvantaged Aborigines.
(d) her efforts to eradicate illiteracy .

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

5. What does the author contemplate after she observs the healing of Great Stone Hunter?
(a) the nature of Chinese medicine.
(b) the nature of western medicine.
(c) spa and beauty treatments.
(d) alternative healing practices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young man tell Tribal Elder that he has found and killed and is preparing to bring it back to the tribe?

2. How old is the main character of the book?

3. What does the man who reads the author's palm tell her about why she has come to Australia?

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

5. Even though the author knows that the move to Australia would be a major change, what does she realize about the opportunity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the thematic pattern that is apparent in this quest narrative?

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

4. What does Regal Black Swan tell the author about the flies and why they are here to help and how she cannot survive without them?

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

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

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

8. What happens to the author's feet as a result of the initial walkabout?

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

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

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