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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 the author catch herself doing regarding her thinking pattern?

2. How does the tribe communicate with the four camels they encounter?

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

4. To who or what do the tribal people offer their talent to in the morning after the concert?

5. What do the tribes people hold up and announce they have found the perfect container for the mutant who is addicted to water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gifts do Time Keeper and Memory Keeper hold?

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

3. What do The Real People draw in the sand as the author's totem, yet they have not seen it?

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

5. Describe the core experience of all Mutants as opposed to The Real People?

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

7. Describe the person that the author shares her destiny, as foretold by the man in the coffee shop and Secret Keeper.

8. How does the author get released back into society?

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

10. Where is the author led and why is it significant?

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

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

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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