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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. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(b) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(c) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.
(d) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.

2. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?
(a) The Sowanda tribe.
(b) The Sawi tribe.
(c) The South End tribe.
(d) The Soweto tribe.

3. What do the Tuans reportedly have to prevent fever and heal sores?
(a) Fire breathing guns.
(b) Antibiotics and oxygen tanks.
(c) Witchcraft called "obat."
(d) Animal totems.

4. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?
(a) It means they are now an adult.
(b) It means that they will someday go to heaven and be an angel.
(c) It means that they no longer belong to the tribe.
(d) They are crossing a major threshold necessary to known the ultimate essence of their existence.

5. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?
(a) An estimated four hundred.
(b) Only one.
(c) Five distinct tribes and ten which could not be classified.
(d) Fifteen distinct tribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?

2. What do the women do during battle?

3. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?

4. What do the Sawi people raise their children to be?

5. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?

(see the answer key)

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