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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 life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?
(a) Elephants, giraffes, picolos, vultures, eagles and griffins.
(b) Mosquitoes, cockroaches, crickets, flies, rats, lizards, bats and birds.
(c) Worms, pythons, crocodiles, lions, jungle bears and hippos.
(d) Dogs, cats, parakeets, goats, cows, chickens and ducks.

2. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) All is lost and there is no hope left.
(b) The warriors are about to attack.
(c) Dinner is ready.
(d) The group is full of ecstatic joy.

3. What does Richardson like about the possibility of building on the kidari?
(a) It is surrounded by huge stone walls.
(b) It is close to connections for electricity and gas.
(c) It is in the middle of a large village.
(d) It is a good place for the mission plane to land.

4. In the Sawi language, how many tenses does each verb have?
(a) Each verb has 3 tenses.
(b) Each verb has 103 tenses.
(c) Each verb has 19 tenses.
(d) Each verb has only 1 tense.

5. What do the Sawi warriors bring on their first trading mission to Pirimapun?
(a) Sago flour, beetle grubs, lori parrots and chickens.
(b) Pottery made from dark red riverbank clay.
(c) Guns, ammunition, spears and dynamite.
(d) Elaborately carved masks and feather-adorned costumes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?

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

3. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?

4. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?

5. When Yae arrives at the Haenam village at the beginning of Chapter 2, why is he so confident?

(see the answer key)

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