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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. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?
(a) He is going to visit his mother who lives in Haenam.
(b) He is thinking of moving from Mauro to Haenam.
(c) He is trying to forge an alliance between his village, Mauro, and Haenam.
(d) He is campaigning for political office and needs the support of Haenam villagers.

2. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?
(a) They celebrate for many days, for they think it is very special.
(b) The second twin is ordained to be a tribal medicine man.
(c) They kill the second twin, believing it to be an evil spirit.
(d) They name them the same name, as they came at the same time.

3. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?
(a) No one is waiting. The whole area is deserted.
(b) Two hundred armed warriors and many women and children,
(c) John McCain and his wife.
(d) Hato and Yae.

4. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?
(a) Yae travels from treetop to treetop, rarely touching the ground.
(b) Yae jumps into a soft pile of leaves.
(c) Yae climbs down a long, vine-fastened ladder.
(d) Yae swings from vines to a nearby tree and then jumps down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?

2. How does the author describe a Sawi manhouse?

3. When the Richardsons, Winifred and Mavo fall off the capsized dugout and into the Kronkel river, what happens first?

4. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

5. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?

(see the answer key)

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