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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, The Living Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mahean is the first to step forward to try to carry out the peace child ritual. What stops him?
(a) The child on his back weeps and wails until Mahean gives up.
(b) His conscience gets the better of him.
(c) A shower of arrows stops him.
(d) His wife, Syado, takes her child and runs back to the tribe.

2. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because it would show how wise she was.
(b) Because of lice.
(c) Because her husband has died.
(d) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.

3. How does Mavo respond to the protection and kindness which Richardson shows to him?
(a) Mavo converts to Christianity that evening.
(b) Mavo gives Richardson one of his own children.
(c) Mavo leaves the area and travels to the nearest Dutch government outpost.
(d) Mavo promises he will follow the Richardsons anywhere.

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

5. What does Richardson conclude has been the reason Sawi people have survived so long?
(a) Their habit of aggressive fighting.
(b) Their habit of living in small, isolated groups.
(c) Their habit of fishing and hunting.
(d) Their habit of bathing in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?

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

3. What does Richardson believe is stopping the Sawi people from following the Christian path?

4. Who is Biakadon?

5. What does Don Richardson believe the real battle is about?

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