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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 object does Tool Maker reconstruct while Ooota points out that the tribe does not make judgement of other peoples belief?

2. What does the driver tell the author to remove from her body?

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

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

5. What literary category does the book fall into?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Baptism part of the book. Do the elements of the baptism appear respectful and relevant, or do they seem blasphemous? If so, how and why? How does the ritual of the baptism represent a cleansing and deliverance into the authors new life and how, if at all, is it related to the threads of Christianity woven into the book?

Essay Topic 3

What is the overarching theme of MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER? What "message" do the Aboriginal People want the Western World to know and in what ways do they wish Westerners to change for the better? Provide textual evidence, and/or dialogue, to support your answer.

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