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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 Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?
(a) That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.
(b) That these people are not to be trusted...ever...
(c) That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
(d) That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.

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

3. What does the Richardson family sleep underneath?
(a) A mosquito net.
(b) A crucifix.
(c) A wooden box.
(d) The open sky full of stars.

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

5. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?
(a) They celebrate for many days, for they think it is very special.
(b) They name them the same name, as they came at the same time.
(c) The second twin is ordained to be a tribal medicine man.
(d) They kill the second twin, believing it to be an evil spirit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

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

4. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

5. What medicine do the Richardsons have which saves the lives of Mavu, Nair and Paha?

(see the answer key)

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