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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author offer in gratitude for on a daily basis that affects her physical well being?
(a) health and healing hands.
(b) water and clothes for her body.
(c) plants and animals that offer sustenance.
(d) herbs and dried fruit for her pains.

2. Even though the author knows that the move to Australia would be a major change, what does she realize about the opportunity?
(a) she's never going to make enough money.
(b) she's never going to leave her career.
(c) she's never going to have a chance like this again.
(d) she's not completely invested in the work.

3. What are the members of the tribe working together to create?
(a) a boat.
(b) a garden.
(c) shelter.
(d) a meal.

4. What part of the body did Great Stone Hunter break?
(a) his leg.
(b) his rib.
(c) his arm.
(d) his pelvis.

5. What happens after the young man arrives ?
(a) the young man never arrives.
(b) the kangaroo is healed.
(c) he is healed and the kangaroo is cooked.
(d) there is no kangaroo.

6. How long was the drive across the desert?
(a) ten hours.
(b) two hours.
(c) five hours.
(d) four hours.

7. What does the author immediately suffer injuries to from thorny grass called spinifex?
(a) her feet.
(b) her face.
(c) her shoulders.
(d) her calves.

8. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?
(a) wrap her feet.
(b) massage her feet.
(c) wash her feet in water.
(d) ignore the pain.

9. What does Ooota suddenly do and just assume that the author will follow in suit?
(a) laugh.
(b) walk.
(c) talk.
(d) dance.

10. How long is a "walkabout"
(a) a six month trek.
(b) a year long trek.
(c) a three month trek.
(d) a one month trek.

11. Who does the driver introduce himself as when they arrive at the settlement?
(a) a leader in education.
(b) an American.
(c) a tribal elder.
(d) the authors interpreter.

12. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?
(a) he has suffered injury.
(b) he has lost his way.
(c) he has encountered danger.
(d) he has fallen ill.

13. What kind of attention does the author's work receive?
(a) it is ignored.
(b) negative.
(c) it is disregarded as racist.
(d) positive.

14. Who works together to heal Great Stone Hunter's injuries?
(a) Medicine Man and Female Healer.
(b) Ooota and Medicine Man.
(c) Sewing Master and Medicine Man.
(d) Female Healer and Ooota.

15. What does the young man tell Tribal Elder that he has found and killed and is preparing to bring it back to the tribe?
(a) a lion.
(b) a kangaroo.
(c) a rabbit.
(d) a dove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the driver give the author shortly after their introduction?

2. What does the driver tell the author to remove from her body?

3. What is the name of the author's guide?

4. What is the main issue that is explored in the book?

5. What does each day begin with on the walkabout?

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