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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 time of day does the Richardson family arrive at their new home?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Daybreak.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

2. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?
(a) Because they are lying to get attention.
(b) Because Richardsons tell the boys this to frighten them.
(c) Because their macaroni supper looks like brains.
(d) Because the Richardsons frighten them.

3. 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 large migration of birds which flew overhead.
(c) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(d) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.

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

5. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?
(a) Moonlight on the river.
(b) New sago flour.
(c) The mouth of a crocodile.
(d) A face made of teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like on the day the Richardson family arrives at their new home?

2. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?

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

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

5. What are the two new tools Richardson gives the men of Tumdu?

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