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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. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) The Sawi women are involved only if they are married.
(b) Yes, they are very good with spears and often had better aim than their husbands.
(c) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(d) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.

2. What is Don Richardson's first order of business with the Sawi tribe?
(a) To convert the children to Christianity.
(b) To establish trading alliances with neighboring tribes.
(c) To learn the Sawi language.
(d) To cure the sick and heal the lame.

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

4. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.
(b) Because her husband has died.
(c) Because of lice.
(d) Because it would show how wise she was.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?

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

4. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?

5. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

(see the answer key)

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