ULURU – TEST

1. Where do Tracy and her mother go for a holiday?They go to Uluru in Central Australia

2. Who is Darel?It´s the tour´s guide brother.

3. Why do Tracy and Darel go down to the caves?Tracy and Darel go down to the caves to see the aboriginal paintings.

4. Why mustn´t Tracy take photos of the paintings in the caves?She mustn´t take photos of them because it offends the spirits of Uluru.

5. What does Darel´s grandfather do for living?He is an artist

6. Who are the elders?The Elders are old people in Darel´s community and they teach about Aboriginal history and traditions. Darel´s grandfather is an elder too.

7. What happens to Darel when they are in the cave?He falls down a big hole because they enter a tunnel, which had a sign in the floor that says Danger! Do not Enter!

8. What does Darel find down in the hole?He finds a box that has his grandfather´s paintings.

9. Why is Tracy scared when they are in the cave?Because there are bats in the cave, and Tracy hates bats.

10. What does Darel find inside the box apart from the paintings?He also finds a snake.

11. Who are those two men that are in the cave?They are thieves who want the paintings.

12. What do Tracy and Darel do when they hear the men´s voices?They hide near the wall of the tunnel.

13. What are the names of the thieves?Their names are Bob and Max.

14. Where did the snake bite Max?The snake bit Max´s arm.

15. Why did Bob know that the snake isn´t poisonous?Because Bob is an aborigine.

16. What are Tracy and Darel trying to find when Bob and Max leave the cave?They are trying to find a torch that Max dropped when the snake bit him.

17. What did Tracy drop in the cave when Darel falls down the hole?Tracy dropped her mother´s mobile phone.

18. Who must Darel tell about the paintings?He must tell about the paintings to his grandfather.

19. Where do Darel, Edi, Tracy and her mom go to report the stolen paintings?They all go to the police station.

20. Who is the taxi driver that takes Tracy to Yulura?He is Max, the thief, and she recognises him because of the bandage on his right arm.

21. What does Tracy writes on her arm from the taxi?She writes the license number of the driver.

22. Where does Darel live?He lives in a little house with a red door.

23. Why does Tracy go back to the caves?Because she receives a note from Darel saying that his grandfather wants to go.

24. What happens in the cave when Darel and Tracy go there with Darel´s grandfather?That Bob and Max are there, and Max has Tracy around his neck, and their boss comes and puts a gun on Darel´s grandfather. And she decides to take them to the dessert and leave them there.

25. What does Tracy do when they are in the dessert?She calls her mom with the mobile phone she picked up from the cave.

26. Why do the policeman find the thieves?Because the snake bit the Boss´s face and they crash the car.

27. Why does Darel´s grandfather give a picture of a rainbow snake to Tracy?Because the rainbow snake protects the Aboriginal, and it protected the paintings, also Darel and Tracy and it helped the police to find them.

28. Write a summary of the book in a few sentences.