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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?
(a) Aloha!
(b) Alleluia!
(c) Kondahara!
(d) Konahario!

2. What is the Ironwood Curtain?
(a) It refers to that curtain which hangs between life and death.
(b) It means passing from the life of easy and plenty, where there is much light, to the darker world of the jungle.
(c) It refers to the border of iron which the Sawi people have erected around their territory.
(d) It means passing into the jungle that is full of trees which are called ironwood because of their dense hard wood.

3. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?
(a) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(b) The large migration of birds which flew overhead.
(c) The song of a lark at break of day.
(d) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.

4. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?
(a) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.
(b) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.
(c) No, they are not worried about attack because they have supplies to trade.
(d) Yes, they take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.

5. When Yae arrives at the Haenam village at the beginning of Chapter 2, why is he so confident?
(a) He is carrying a concealed gun so that if there is trouble, he can defend himself.
(b) He is bringing them steel axes and a chain saw.
(c) He has been visiting them for seven months and they have been very friendly and warm.
(d) He is marrying the chief's daughter and will soon be related to the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

3. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?

4. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?

5. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?

(see the answer key)

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