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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. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(b) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(c) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(d) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.

2. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?
(a) A thousand dollars.
(b) A gun and sword.
(c) His own wife.
(d) A peace child.

3. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?
(a) The South End tribe.
(b) The Soweto tribe.
(c) The Sawi tribe.
(d) The Sowanda tribe.

4. What do the Sawi people raise their children to be?
(a) Quiet and reticent.
(b) Strong willed.
(c) Musical and artistic.
(d) Invisible in the jungle.

5. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?
(a) Alleluia!
(b) Kondahara!
(c) Konahario!
(d) Aloha!

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?

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

3. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?

4. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?

5. Who is the patriarch of the Tumdu?

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