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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. Mahean is the first to step forward to try to carry out the peace child ritual. What stops him?
(a) The child on his back weeps and wails until Mahean gives up.
(b) A shower of arrows stops him.
(c) His wife, Syado, takes her child and runs back to the tribe.
(d) His conscience gets the better of him.

2. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(b) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.

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

5. What does the word "navo" mean in Sawi?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Help me.
(c) Supper.
(d) Daddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?

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

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

4. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?

5. Who is Patches?

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