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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. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?
(a) The dogs of the village.
(b) He dies of starvation.
(c) The women and children of the Haenam village.
(d) His mother-in-law.

2. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(b) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(c) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(d) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.

3. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(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 it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Tuans reportedly have to prevent fever and heal sores?

2. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?

3. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?

4. Who is Patches?

5. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?

(see the answer key)

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