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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, A Baptism of Strangeness.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?
(a) Raising beef cattle in jungle areas using grain and vegetables.
(b) Preparing young men for battle with many feasts.
(c) Raising poultry in a kind and humane way.
(d) Forming friendships with the purpose of betrayal, murder and cannibalism.

4. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?
(a) She takes the bone and grinds it into fine dust and then spreads it atop the river.
(b) She cries out in jubilation and dances to celebrate her great honor.
(c) She promises that she will send it to Yae's wife as an expression of her sympathy.
(d) She is filled with remorse and grief and refuses to take it.

5. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?
(a) It is in Australia, right in the central district.
(b) Southwest of Australia.
(c) It is not near Australia but located near India.
(d) Directly north of Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

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

3. Who is Patches?

4. How does Don Richardson find a way into the hearts and minds of the tribe?

5. What event shatters the air of tension between the tribes on the first day of building?

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