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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. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?
(a) The Irian Jaya flag.
(b) The flag of pirates.
(c) The stars and stripes of the United States.
(d) The Dutch flag.

2. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?
(a) The principle of capitalism.
(b) The principle of original sin.
(c) The principle of cause and effect.
(d) The principle of redemption.

3. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because her husband has died.
(b) Because of lice.
(c) Because it would show how wise she was.
(d) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.

4. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?
(a) Shale.
(b) Clay from the riverbank.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Split palm tree bark.

5. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A man and his wife.
(b) A man and his mother-in-law.
(c) Brother to brother.
(d) A mother and her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?

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

3. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?

4. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

5. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?

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