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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. Who are the author and driver met by when they arrive at the small settlement?

2. What kind of attention does the author's work receive?

3. Where does a walkabout take place?

4. What is the name of the main character?

5. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the author that spikes a feeling of horror in her?

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

3. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?

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

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

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

7. What kind of acceptance ritual occurs as they all prepare to sleep?

8. Why does the tribe believe is the reason why Great Stone Hunter was injured?

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

10. What is the brief disclaimer given by the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of competition. After The Creation Game is played, the author teaches the Aboriginals Western games that involve competition, to which the Aboriginals do not find fun. Is competition a societal ill, or is it truly Darwinian? What elements of science lend itself to proving competition exists and is beneficial to the human condition? Contrast this definition with the Aboriginal dislike and distrust of competition.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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