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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1892.
(d) 2008.

2. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The polished skull.
(b) The hip socket.
(c) The leg bones.
(d) The entire skeleton.

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

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

5. 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) 39 times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?

2. What do the Sawi warriors bring on their first trading mission to Pirimapun?

3. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?

4. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

5. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?

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