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

2. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
(a) The river water must never be drunk. It is full of germs.
(b) To put one's head underwater completely and drink.
(c) To drink it with a straw-like tool made of sago leaves.
(d) To toss each scoop of water in the air and catch it in one's mouth.

3. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?
(a) A custom of men having more than one wife.
(b) A bind created by one person eating food which has touched another person's genitals.
(c) The custom of soaking food in water before eating it.
(d) One person mixing blood with another person.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?

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

4. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?

5. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?

(see the answer key)

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