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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Out of the Ancestral Cacoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insult is hurtled at a Haenam youth which almost starts a serious battle?
(a) He is called "lizard-skin."
(b) He is called "tuan like."
(c) He is called "weird old man."
(d) He is called "slow as mud."

2. What is the name of the sea which the Kronkel river empties into?
(a) The Agrabar Waterway.
(b) The Agramenon Basin.
(c) The Arafura Sea.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

3. How do the Sawi prepare a body for burial?
(a) Anoint it with fragrant oils.
(b) Coat it in thick mud and dry it in the sun.
(c) Wrap the body in a grass mat, bound with vines around the neck, wrist and ankles.
(d) Singe the skin with fire, cut off all the hair and disfigure the face.

4. How many pounds does the average wild boar weigh?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 180 pounds.

5. What happens to Er when he makes advances towards a girl?
(a) He is forced to marry the girl.
(b) She accuses him of terrible things and he is banished.
(c) She chases him into the river.
(d) Her male relatives shoot him with arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Eren ceremony?

2. What is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?

3. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

4. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

5. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?

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