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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 does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?
(a) A baptism into a new and strange world.
(b) The beginning of a violent war between Sawi and Tuan.
(c) A chance to learn the Sawi language.
(d) A dangerous cannibalistic ritual.

2. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?
(a) It signals that the drums should begin.
(b) It signals that the Richardsons should be attacked and brought down.
(c) It signals that everyone should go home.
(d) It signals that the children should ask for food and water.

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

4. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Whole wheat flour.
(b) Rice flour.
(c) Bamboo fiber flour.
(d) Sago flour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?

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

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

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

5. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?

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