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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) Saintly contemplative monks.
(b) Modern aggressive innovators.
(c) Creative imaginative artists.
(d) Cannibalistic head hunters.

2. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?
(a) He is going to visit his mother who lives in Haenam.
(b) He is campaigning for political office and needs the support of Haenam villagers.
(c) He is trying to forge an alliance between his village, Mauro, and Haenam.
(d) He is thinking of moving from Mauro to Haenam.

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

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

5. What is the primary redemptive analogy which Richardson uses to reach the tribal people?
(a) The tribal ritual of Jesus and the disciples.
(b) The tribal ritual of marriage.
(c) The tribal ritual of "fattening for slaughter."
(d) The tribal ritual of a "peace child."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

2. What do the Tuans reportedly have to prevent fever and heal sores?

3. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?

4. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?

5. When Yae arrives at the Haenam village at the beginning of Chapter 2, why is he so confident?

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