1. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Yae is sitting in the hospital where his wife is dying in childbirth.
(b) Yae is sitting by the man-made pool in his backyard.
(c) Yae is sitting in a plane which is on its way to Istanbul.
(d) Yae is sitting in his treehouse, forty feet above the Kronkel river.

2. What is the Ironwood Curtain?
(a) It refers to that curtain which hangs between life and death.
(b) It means passing from the life of easy and plenty, where there is much light, to the darker world of the jungle.
(c) It refers to the border of iron which the Sawi people have erected around their territory.
(d) It means passing into the jungle that is full of trees which are called ironwood because of their dense hard wood.

3. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?
(a) Sago leaves.
(b) Ground bones of wild boars.
(c) Dried mushrooms.
(d) Tobacco leaves.

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

5. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(b) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(c) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.