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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author refer to when she speaks of the one experience in Australia that has made her unhappy?
(a) the state of the Aborigines.
(b) the state of the education system.
(c) the abandonment of natural resources.
(d) the quality of the air.

2. What name does the tribe give the author?
(a) Story Teller.
(b) Bee Keeper.
(c) Sewing Master.
(d) Mutant.

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

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

5. What is the author invited to teach about the benefits and uses of?
(a) an innovative agricultural invention.
(b) an improved education system.
(c) an innovative medical diagnostic tool.
(d) a strategic defense system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author begin to understand she is respecting about the land and the people of Australia?

2. What happens after the young man arrives ?

3. Where is the author taken to watch the natives perform?

4. What have the Aborigines killed and eaten but say they did so to not create waste?

5. Why is the author invited to move to Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author instructed to do after the driver and author arrive at the settlement?

2. What is Tribal Elder being told by the young man as he sits on the ground and falls silent?

3. Why does the author give herself the talent-name of "Dung-Collector"?

4. What do the members of the tribe seem to be working together to create and how does the author respond?

5. What does the author suggest about indigenous people?

6. What happens to the author's feet as a result of the initial walkabout?

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

8. What happens to the author that spikes a feeling of horror in her?

9. What kind of acceptance ritual occurs as they all prepare to sleep?

10. Where is the author taken and what happens once she gets there?

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