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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Cool Water Tomorrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Don and Carol Richardson travel to New Guinea in 1962?
(a) They fly to Russia and then to Zurich and then to Australia and finally take a sailboat up to New Guinea.
(b) They drive from Canada to Mexico, take a small yacht across the Pacific Ocean and land in New Guinea.
(c) They fly from New York City on the Concorde and then drive into the Sawi territory.
(d) They sail from Vancouver on the ship "Oriana" and then fly into the interior.

2. What does the Richardson family sleep underneath?
(a) A wooden box.
(b) The open sky full of stars.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A mosquito net.

3. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To leave a little on one's plate.
(b) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.
(c) To fatten with friendship.
(d) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.

4. How many wives does the patriarch of Tumdu have?
(a) One.
(b) None, he is a priest.
(c) Twenty; he is a great chief.
(d) Four.

5. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(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 ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story about Jesus, who do the Sawi admire?

2. What is Don Richardson feeling as he steps onto the bank of the Kronkel and meets those who are waiting for them?

3. What does Don Richardson believe the real battle is about?

4. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?

5. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?

(see the answer key)

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