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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. Where does the setting of the book take place?

2. Who does the author prayerfully thank at the end of the evening?

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

4. What does the author have to forgive herself for?

5. What is the author told she needs to select from the pile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are gravy and icing a symbol of?

2. How is Great Stone Hunter healed?

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

4. What does the young man who reads her palm tell the author about why she has come to Australia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author is buried alive in one part of the book in order to remove the long-held toxins that are held in her body - and to protect the tribe from the preying dingos who smell her. How are these toxins built up in the author? Are her thoughts what is truly to account for her physicality, or is it simply from traveling through the Outback? Use the book and provide examples of the kind of toxic thoughts the author must release and compare them to Western society as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Aboriginal religion and culture with that of the Native Americans. In what ways are they different, in what ways are they the same. Think of the afterlife, healing, dance, food, family, animals, connection to the earth, and spiritual life.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of the literary element of foreshadowing, most evident in the rock. Also discuss how the Aborigine named Tribal Elder proves to be an important link to the author's past and present. What does the author hope to gain by using this literary device? Use examples of the text to support your answer.

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