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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Tuan Eat Brains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(b) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(c) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(d) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.

2. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?
(a) Dried mushrooms.
(b) Ground bones of wild boars.
(c) Sago leaves.
(d) Tobacco leaves.

3. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) The warriors are about to attack.
(b) The group is full of ecstatic joy.
(c) Dinner is ready.
(d) All is lost and there is no hope left.

4. What does Don Richardson do that frightens the Sawi people away from his house?
(a) He shoots a shot gun in their direction.
(b) He eats brains.
(c) He lights a kerosene lamp in the darkness.
(d) He throws a handful of firecrackers out of the front door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?

2. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

3. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?

4. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?

5. What is Carol Richardson feeling as she steps onto the bank of her new home?

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