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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Cool Water Tomorrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1892.

2. What time of day does the Richardson family arrive at their new home?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Noon.
(d) Daybreak.

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

4. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?
(a) Two piers are placed.
(b) There are no piers; it is a small platform that the trailer sat on.
(c) Forty-five piers are placed.
(d) Sixteen piers are placed.

5. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?
(a) Stephen is full of wonder and awe.
(b) Stephen is very frightened and cannot stop crying.
(c) Stephen sleeps the entire way.
(d) Stephen is bored and plays with his toys, rarely looking up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?

3. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?

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

5. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

(see the answer key)

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