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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 do the tribesman cook that the author thinks she cannot eat?
(a) spiders.
(b) a white worm.
(c) a kangaroo.
(d) a snake.
2. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?
(a) they are given by the gods.
(b) they were given upon birth.
(c) they are an indication of the individuals talent.
(d) they are ignored and seen as trite and insignificant.
3. What is the author invited to teach about the benefits and uses of?
(a) an innovative agricultural invention.
(b) a strategic defense system.
(c) an innovative medical diagnostic tool.
(d) an improved education system.
4. What is the author told she needs to select from the pile?
(a) a piece of wood.
(b) a leaf.
(c) a rock.
(d) a brick.
5. What does the disclaimer suggest is the genre of the book?
(a) memoir.
(b) a work of fiction.
(c) anthology.
(d) non-fiction.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?
2. How long is a "walkabout"
3. What does the author hope will help the reader understand the core message of the book?
4. What kind of attention does the author's work receive?
5. What does the author begin to understand she is respecting about the land and the people of Australia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tribal Elder being told by the young man as he sits on the ground and falls silent?
2. What do The Real People believe that illness and/or injury is really an opportunity for?
3. Explain what Ooota means when he says that mental telepathy is the preferred means of communication for The Real People (Aborigines)?
4. How is Great Stone Hunter healed?
5. Why does the author give herself the talent-name of "Dung-Collector"?
6. What do the members of the tribe seem to be working together to create and how does the author respond?
7. What does the young man who reads her palm tell the author about why she has come to Australia?
8. What is the one experience in Australia that has made the author unhappy?
9. What are gravy and icing a symbol of?
10. Desribe the journey Marlo is about to undertake?
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