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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 life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?
(a) Worms, pythons, crocodiles, lions, jungle bears and hippos.
(b) Elephants, giraffes, picolos, vultures, eagles and griffins.
(c) Dogs, cats, parakeets, goats, cows, chickens and ducks.
(d) Mosquitoes, cockroaches, crickets, flies, rats, lizards, bats and birds.
2. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She is mad with grief.
(b) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(c) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(d) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.
3. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?
(a) They name them the same name, as they came at the same time.
(b) They celebrate for many days, for they think it is very special.
(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.
4. What is Carol Richardson feeling as she steps onto the bank of her new home?
(a) Carol is very angry with her husband.
(b) Carol is planning her escape.
(c) Carol is excited and awed.
(d) Carol is hysterical with weeping.
5. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(b) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.
(c) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(d) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
2. What does the Richardson family sleep underneath?
3. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?
4. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
5. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?
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