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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shadow of the Tuans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) Gold and silver.
(b) Many months of work.
(c) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.
(d) One of his children.

2. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?
(a) One.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Three.

3. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?
(a) They are writing a book on ancient cultures and want to do research.
(b) They think the climate would be good for their health.
(c) They have no choice; they are sent by their families.
(d) They feel called to serve God as missionaries.

4. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?
(a) They don't understand it at all.
(b) They honor it as a legendary activity.
(c) They have never heard of treachery and violence.
(d) They are horrified by the concepts and live only peaceful quiet lives.

5. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(b) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.
(c) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(d) She is mad with grief.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A typical stone axe would be swung 40 times to fell a tree. How many times does Hurip have to swing his steel axe to cut down the tree?

3. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?

4. What do the Sawi assume when they hear that the Tuans are almost all men?

5. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?

(see the answer key)

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