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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 is the author learning to do in ways she had never learned before?

2. What is the subtitle of the book?

3. Whose grave do the author and tribe encounter on their journey?

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

5. How does the state of the young Aboriginal people appear to the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the tribe separate into two groups?

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

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

5. What is the one experience in Australia that has made the author unhappy?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the metaphorical significance of the burning of the authors clothes and jewelry. Tie in this ritual with Native rituals from around the world. What does the fire symbolize, the clothing symbolize, the jewelry symbolize? Lastly, how and why is the ritual called "purification". What needs to be cleansed in the author, according to the Aboriginal culture?

Essay Topic 2

What are the major symbols of the book and what is their significance? What objects, sayings, or events, become symbolic and impart a deeper meaning both for the author and for the reader? Provide 3 examples of symbolism and include textual references in your response.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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