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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. What is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?
(a) That they honor cruelty.
(b) That they honor goodness and light.
(c) That they often get lost.
(d) That they eat no fruit.

2. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) The Australians.

3. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The hip socket.
(b) The leg bones.
(c) The polished skull.
(d) The entire skeleton.

4. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?
(a) The song of a lark at break of day.
(b) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(c) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.
(d) The large migration of birds which flew overhead.

5. What vessel does the Richardson family use to arrive at their new home?
(a) A plane.
(b) A rowboat with diesel motor.
(c) A long dugout canoe.
(d) A speedboat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?

2. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

3. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?

4. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?

5. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?

(see the answer key)

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