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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 do the Sawi warriors do when they meet Don Richardson and John McCain for the first time?
(a) Most of the warriors faint and have to be revived with camphor.
(b) They stand in their canoes completely and totally still.
(c) They panic, many of them leaping out of the canoes; everyone trembling.
(d) They launch an attack of arrows.

2. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?
(a) The principle of cause and effect.
(b) The principle of redemption.
(c) The principle of original sin.
(d) The principle of capitalism.

3. What do the Sawi people believe airplanes are?
(a) German bomber planes.
(b) River spirits.
(c) Supernatural creatures.
(d) Chariots of the gods.

4. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?
(a) In a small boat floating on the river.
(b) At the central place inside the treehouse.
(c) At the stove in her government-supplied trailer.
(d) In the summer kitchen which is a separate building out back.

5. What does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?
(a) A dangerous cannibalistic ritual.
(b) A chance to learn the Sawi language.
(c) A baptism into a new and strange world.
(d) The beginning of a violent war between Sawi and Tuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

2. How many pounds does the average wild boar weigh?

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

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

5. Who is Patches?

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