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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Genesis of a Mission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?
(a) They are crossing a major threshold necessary to known the ultimate essence of their existence.
(b) It means that they no longer belong to the tribe.
(c) It means they are now an adult.
(d) It means that they will someday go to heaven and be an angel.

2. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?
(a) Yae jumps into a soft pile of leaves.
(b) Yae travels from treetop to treetop, rarely touching the ground.
(c) Yae swings from vines to a nearby tree and then jumps down.
(d) Yae climbs down a long, vine-fastened ladder.

3. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?
(a) The Irian Jaya flag.
(b) The stars and stripes of the United States.
(c) The flag of pirates.
(d) The Dutch flag.

4. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?
(a) The kidari is the longest straight stretch of the river.
(b) The kidari has many types of exotic fish which visit it.
(c) The kidari is a waterfall which falls some 500 feet.
(d) The kidari has dangerous currents which should be avoided.

5. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?
(a) At the stove in her government-supplied trailer.
(b) In the summer kitchen which is a separate building out back.
(c) At the central place inside the treehouse.
(d) In a small boat floating on the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?

2. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?

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

4. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?

5. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

(see the answer key)

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