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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. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(b) She is mad with grief.
(c) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(d) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.

2. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?
(a) Alleluia!
(b) Konahario!
(c) Aloha!
(d) Kondahara!

3. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?
(a) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.
(b) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(c) The song of a lark at break of day.
(d) The large migration of birds which flew overhead.

4. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) Dinner is ready.
(b) The group is full of ecstatic joy.
(c) All is lost and there is no hope left.
(d) The warriors are about to attack.

5. What is "saravon"?
(a) A nutritious stew made of pork, sago and onions.
(b) A milky drink offered to the river gods every morning.
(c) The relationship between a Sawi man and his mother-in-law.
(d) A customary display of force meant to reassure guests that they are safe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richardson deal with the Kayagar chief, Yae, when the chief begins to speak loudly?

2. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

3. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?

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

5. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?

(see the answer key)

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