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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 see in the distance that is completely out of place in the flatness of the desert?
(a) a mountain.
(b) a hill.
(c) a mound.
(d) a grassy patch.

2. Which tribe member announces and then releases the author on her mission to the world?
(a) Female Healer.
(b) Kindred to Large Animals.
(c) Spirit Woman.
(d) Regal Black Swan.

3. What do Time Keeper and Memory Keeper perform on the author?
(a) a ritual of faith and compassion.
(b) a ritual of purification and invocation.
(c) a ritual of forgiveness.
(d) a fertility ritual.

4. What lesson does the kangaroo teach?
(a) to skip over problems.
(b) to move forward.
(c) to stay close to your children.
(d) to keep going.

5. What does the author teach the tribe after the celebration?
(a) North American classic dance.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Jazz dance.
(d) North American country dances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are totems reminders of?

2. What game are the tribes people going to play with the large green leaves?

3. During the tribal ceremony what is the author asked to embody the spirit and way of?

4. What does the author reveal she has lost track of?

5. Who sits across from the author that she ends up writing about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ooota say is the way The Real People understand the word talent?

2. How do The Real People celebrate birthdays?

3. How do the Aboriginal teachings help the author adjust back into civilization?

4. What happens to the birds that are killed by the boomerangs?

5. What is the purpose of the spider-webbed hides and Spirit Woman?

6. What does Kindred to Large Animals make an offer for and what happens as a result?

7. Why does the tribe sit in a circle after an evening meal?

8. What does the killing of the snakes for food represent to the tribe?

9. What happens when the author prays to the Oneness for water?

10. How does the author get released back into society?

(see the answer keys)

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