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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Tuan Eat Brains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.
(b) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.

2. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?
(a) A food processor.
(b) A gas-powered washing machine.
(c) A low flying helicopter.
(d) A blender.

3. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Freshly toasted sago grubs.
(b) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(c) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.
(d) Pudding made from a bear liver.

4. What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?
(a) That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.
(b) That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.
(c) That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
(d) That these people are not to be trusted...ever...

5. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
(a) The river water must never be drunk. It is full of germs.
(b) To drink it with a straw-like tool made of sago leaves.
(c) To put one's head underwater completely and drink.
(d) To toss each scoop of water in the air and catch it in one's mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?

2. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

3. What is Don Richardson's first order of business with the Sawi tribe?

4. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?

5. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?

(see the answer key)

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