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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 tell her about all other types of communications?

2. What sort of creatures surround the author and cleanse her body of dead skin, her nose of obstructions, and her ears of wax?

3. What did the young girl of the tribe find and wear and then return to the earth?

4. What was the author told about how the Aborigines in Australia are regarded?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the beginning of each day as the author experiences several weeks of walking.

9. 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?

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

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

Research the Aboriginal People from the middle of the 20th century to today. What has been their major causes of societal ills and concerns? What politics have played a part in their social position? How has racism affected their very way of life? What does their future look like, even with sweeping changes (or lack thereof). Use references from the text to cross-analyze your findings with that of your research.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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