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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, The Power of Aumamay.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?
(a) Richardson is trying to save a bad man.
(b) Richardson is not allowing them to carry out their death and dying rituals.
(c) Richardson is not allowing the rain gods to bring nourishment to the jungle.
(d) Richardson is keeping the village from going on a wild boar hunt.

2. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?
(a) Seven.
(b) Seven hundred and fifty.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

3. What life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?
(a) Mosquitoes, cockroaches, crickets, flies, rats, lizards, bats and birds.
(b) Dogs, cats, parakeets, goats, cows, chickens and ducks.
(c) Worms, pythons, crocodiles, lions, jungle bears and hippos.
(d) Elephants, giraffes, picolos, vultures, eagles and griffins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?

2. Where are dead bodies interred in a Sawi village?

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

4. What do the Sawi people raise their children to be?

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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