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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 force of nature envelopes the tribe, separates them, injures some, and washes away many of their belongings?

2. What does the author express gratitude to for insight?

3. What kind of music is performed?

4. How do some of the tribal people feel about sitting across from the "mutant"?

5. Where has the author heard the story that Story Teller has told her before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tribe treat the elderly female camel after she is killed?

2. What happens to the birds that are killed by the boomerangs?

3. What does Story Teller reveal to the author?

4. What does the killing of the snakes for food represent to the tribe?

5. How do the Aboriginal teachings help the author adjust back into civilization?

6. What is the purpose of the spider-webbed hides and Spirit Woman?

7. What does Ooota say is the way The Real People understand the word talent?

8. What happens to the author by the third day of the walk in which she leads?

9. What does the cave hold inside of it?

10. How does the author go about realizing the "grace" of the universe?

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

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

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.

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