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

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

3. 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.

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

5. What is "saravon"?
(a) A customary display of force meant to reassure guests that they are safe.
(b) A milky drink offered to the river gods every morning.
(c) The relationship between a Sawi man and his mother-in-law.
(d) A nutritious stew made of pork, sago and onions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

2. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?

3. What does Don Richardson do that frightens the Sawi people away from his house?

4. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?

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

(see the answer key)

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