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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 does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?
(a) The beginning of a violent war between Sawi and Tuan.
(b) A baptism into a new and strange world.
(c) A chance to learn the Sawi language.
(d) A dangerous cannibalistic ritual.

2. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?
(a) It signals that the drums should begin.
(b) It signals that the children should ask for food and water.
(c) It signals that everyone should go home.
(d) It signals that the Richardsons should be attacked and brought down.

3. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) Brother to brother.
(b) A man and his wife.
(c) A man and his mother-in-law.
(d) A mother and her grandmother.

4. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?
(a) A low flying helicopter.
(b) A gas-powered washing machine.
(c) A food processor.
(d) A blender.

5. What medicine do the Richardsons have which saves the lives of Mavu, Nair and Paha?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) X-rays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

2. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

3. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?

4. What is the Eren ceremony?

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

(see the answer key)

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