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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. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?
(a) The village of Amyam is desperate to have a Tuan live with them.
(b) The Kayagar people don't want to paddle all the way down the river.
(c) The Kayagar men are afraid of the Sawi and think that Richardson will be killed.
(d) The Kayagar village of Amyam is better at building houses than the Sawi.
2. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.
(b) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(c) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(d) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
3. How old is Don Richardson when he first felt a spiritual call to serve God as a missionary?
(a) 39.
(b) 65.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.
4. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?
(a) They are crossing a major threshold necessary to known the ultimate essence of their existence.
(b) It means that they no longer belong to the tribe.
(c) It means that they will someday go to heaven and be an angel.
(d) It means they are now an adult.
5. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(b) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.
(c) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(d) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
2. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?
3. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?
4. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?
5. What is "saravon"?
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