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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. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?
(a) Directly north of Australia.
(b) It is in Australia, right in the central district.
(c) Southwest of Australia.
(d) It is not near Australia but located near India.

2. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Yae is sitting in a plane which is on its way to Istanbul.
(b) Yae is sitting in his treehouse, forty feet above the Kronkel river.
(c) Yae is sitting by the man-made pool in his backyard.
(d) Yae is sitting in the hospital where his wife is dying in childbirth.

3. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?
(a) New sago flour.
(b) Moonlight on the river.
(c) A face made of teeth.
(d) The mouth of a crocodile.

4. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?
(a) Annihilation and destruction.
(b) Despair and continual war.
(c) Cross-cultural communication.
(d) The end of all we know.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?

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

4. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

5. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?

(see the answer key)

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