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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 is the "talent-name" the author gives herself?
(a) Dung Collector.
(b) Icing Dream.
(c) Fly Accepter.
(d) Bee Charmer.
2. What does the author say that nature has as opposed to what the diamonds had?
(a) value and clarity.
(b) meaning and value.
(c) expansiveness and protection.
(d) time and circumstance.
3. According to the tribe, what parts of the human being are universally connected?
(a) heart, mind, and spirit.
(b) body, mind, and spirit.
(c) spirit, thought, and body.
(d) thought, body, and heart.
4. What does the young man drink that makes him sick?
(a) contaminated water.
(b) alcohol.
(c) juice from poison berries.
(d) urine.
5. What are the members of the tribe working together to create?
(a) shelter.
(b) a meal.
(c) a garden.
(d) a boat.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has happened to the young man that has delayed his journey?
2. What does the disclaimer suggest is the genre of the book?
3. What is the main issue that is explored in the book?
4. What does the author immediately suffer injuries to from thorny grass called spinifex?
5. What does the author refer to when she speaks of the one experience in Australia that has made her unhappy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the members of the tribe seem to be working together to create and how does the author respond?
2. What does Regal Black Swan tell the author about the flies and why they are here to help and how she cannot survive without them?
3. What are gravy and icing a symbol of?
4. What do The Real People believe that illness and/or injury is really an opportunity for?
5. What does the author feel as Ooota simply starts walking without any announcement?
6. What do the tribe members reveal about their names?
7. Why does the tribe separate into two groups?
8. Why does the author write that the flower the girl wore throughout the day "had meaning" and that her friend's diamonds "had value".
9. What is the thematic pattern that is apparent in this quest narrative?
10. What does the tribe discuss after the injury/healing experience?
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