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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ooota suddenly do and just assume that the author will follow in suit?

2. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?

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

4. What is the main issue that is explored in the book?

5. What does the author notice about the state of the tribe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does the author suggest about indigenous people?

4. What do the Aborigines speak of doing as a desire to change the trajectory of their future?

5. How is Great Stone Hunter healed?

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

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

8. Describe the main character in "A Woman's Journey Into Dreamtime Australia"?

9. Why is the author invited to move to Australia to work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary genre: Memoir. Discuss the 3 major ways in which Memoir differs from fiction and non-fiction. Next, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Memoir. Is this current trend something that is attracting bloggers, diary writers, and other such writers to the field? When is a Memoir considered a literary work of art?

Essay Topic 2

According to one of the main premises of the book is the idea that all people and all actions and events are ultimately connected. Discuss this idea of interconnectivity and "Oneness" within the book. What events prove that we are all connected? How do the tribal members exhibit this truth? Provide scenarios as evidence in your response.

Essay Topic 3

In the book it is stated that the core experience of all Mutants is that they live and work from a place of fear instead of love and awareness and abundance. Trace the dismantling of the author's fear through her journey. How does the author move from a place of fear into love. Describe the steps of her journey and support your findings with textual evidence.

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