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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 does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?
(a) Waiting until the sun comes up.
(b) The place of death.
(c) Mission State.
(d) Land without time.

2. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.
(b) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(c) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(d) She is mad with grief.

3. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?
(a) Necklaces made of brightly colored beads.
(b) A bible, radio and a flashlight.
(c) Matches, razorblades and fishing equipment.
(d) Pens, paper and stamps.

4. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?
(a) Cold nights.
(b) Peace.
(c) Shocking truth.
(d) Sadness.

5. What do the women do during battle?
(a) The women throw stones and sharp rocks at the enemy.
(b) The women taunt their own men to be more brave.
(c) The women curse and bang their pounding sticks on the ground.
(d) The women shield the children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?

3. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?

4. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?

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

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