Peace Child Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Don Richardson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 184 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Peace Child Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Don Richardson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 184 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because of lice.
(b) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.
(c) Because it would show how wise she was.
(d) Because her husband has died.

2. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?
(a) Split palm tree bark.
(b) Shale.
(c) Clay from the riverbank.
(d) Linoleum.

3. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?
(a) The second twin is ordained to be a tribal medicine man.
(b) They kill the second twin, believing it to be an evil spirit.
(c) They celebrate for many days, for they think it is very special.
(d) They name them the same name, as they came at the same time.

4. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) Brother to brother.
(b) A man and his wife.
(c) A man and his mother-in-law.
(d) A mother and her grandmother.

5. What is "saravon"?
(a) The relationship between a Sawi man and his mother-in-law.
(b) A milky drink offered to the river gods every morning.
(c) A nutritious stew made of pork, sago and onions.
(d) A customary display of force meant to reassure guests that they are safe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?

3. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?

4. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?

5. What life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?

(see the answer key)

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