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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. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To fatten with friendship.
(b) To leave a little on one's plate.
(c) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.
(d) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.

2. A typical stone axe would be swung 40 times to fell a tree. How many times does Hurip have to swing his steel axe to cut down the tree?
(a) 80 times.
(b) Four times
(c) 39 times.
(d) Once.

3. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.
(b) Freshly toasted sago grubs.
(c) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(d) Pudding made from a bear liver.

4. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?
(a) She is filled with remorse and grief and refuses to take it.
(b) She promises that she will send it to Yae's wife as an expression of her sympathy.
(c) She cries out in jubilation and dances to celebrate her great honor.
(d) She takes the bone and grinds it into fine dust and then spreads it atop the river.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the sea which the Kronkel river empties into?

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

4. Which of these terms can be used to describe the tribe?

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

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