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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shadow of the Tuans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these terms can be used to describe the tribe?
(a) Modern aggressive innovators.
(b) Cannibalistic head hunters.
(c) Saintly contemplative monks.
(d) Creative imaginative artists.

2. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.
(b) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(c) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.
(d) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.

3. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Bamboo fiber flour.
(b) Sago flour.
(c) Rice flour.
(d) Whole wheat flour.

4. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) One of his children.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.
(d) Many months of work.

5. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.
(b) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(c) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(d) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?

2. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?

3. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?

4. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?

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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