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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. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?
(a) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.
(b) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.
(c) Yes, they take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.
(d) No, they are not worried about attack because they have supplies to trade.

2. Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief?
(a) Carol, Don Richardson's wife.
(b) Mary, mother of Jesus.
(c) Wumi, mother of a peace child.
(d) Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.

3. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) Many months of work.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) One of his children.
(d) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.

4. What is a good strategy for a Sawi village that wants to take revenge against another village?
(a) To send many young women to the village and establish family ties.
(b) To let wild animals loose near the village they want to harm.
(c) To make an alliance with a neutral village who will then help.
(d) To move far away and not look back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?

2. Who is building Richardson's house?

3. Who is Patches?

4. Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak?

5. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?

(see the answer key)

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