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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. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?
(a) Sao has developed early dementia.
(b) Sao is mentally ill.
(c) Sao has malaria.
(d) Sao has an immune system infection similar to AIDS.

2. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?
(a) "Get out of my front yard!"
(b) "No more steel tools unless you stop!"
(c) "Es! That's enough!"
(d) "There is another way!"

3. Who is building Richardson's house?
(a) Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.
(b) The Sawi women are the builders of Richardson's home.
(c) Richardson builds the home by himself.
(d) Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.

4. How does the author describe a Sawi manhouse?
(a) As a library and movie theatre in the Sawi village.
(b) As the Parthenon of Sawi culture.
(c) As a rundown, smoke-filled, unhealthy gathering place.
(d) As a den of inequity.

5. What is Don Richardson feeling as he steps onto the bank of the Kronkel and meets those who are waiting for them?
(a) He is psyching himself up for the sermon he is going to give.
(b) He is frightened that he may have misread the situation.
(c) He is feeling triumphant at having made the voyage.
(d) He is angry at his wife for being so scared.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?

3. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?

4. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

5. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?

(see the answer key)

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