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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 learn about the communication between all living things?
(a) there is mass communication available at all times.
(b) there is an inter-relationship.
(c) no one is capable of mental telepathy.
(d) there is a spiritual center.

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

3. What does the author say that nature has as opposed to what the diamonds had?
(a) time and circumstance.
(b) meaning and value.
(c) value and clarity.
(d) expansiveness and protection.

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

5. What does the author marvel at as she releases the pain of walking and walks into the Outback?
(a) the rise of the land in front of her.
(b) the sky and the plains.
(c) the circling falcon and sips of water.
(d) Ooota and his people.

6. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?
(a) a shed.
(b) a private home.
(c) the Outback.
(d) a grove of trees.

7. What does the author sleep on after they all share a special herb tea?
(a) a pile of sticks.
(b) a child's sleeping bag.
(c) a bundle of hides.
(d) a few heaps of sand.

8. What does the author hope will someday happen between Native people and western culture?
(a) a full circle of knowledge will unite.
(b) they will work together to heal.
(c) they will understand each other.
(d) a new way of being will emerge.

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

10. According to the tribe, what parts of the human being are universally connected?
(a) spirit, thought, and body.
(b) heart, mind, and spirit.
(c) body, mind, and spirit.
(d) thought, body, and heart.

11. How does the state of the young Aboriginal people appear to the author?
(a) marrying young and raising children.
(b) sad but coping through education and programs.
(c) acclimated to their surroundings.
(d) intoxicated on alcohol and drugs.

12. What do the Tribal People feel is the best way to heal from an injury?
(a) call of nature for guidance.
(b) slow down and contemplate.
(c) rush for assistance.
(d) use telepathy to call in healers.

13. What does the author contemplate after she observs the healing of Great Stone Hunter?
(a) spa and beauty treatments.
(b) the nature of western medicine.
(c) alternative healing practices.
(d) the nature of Chinese medicine.

14. Where does the setting of the book take place?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the author and the tribesmen use as a means for fairly successful communication?

2. What is the subtitle of the book?

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

4. What is the author supposed to be honored for?

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

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