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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Out of the Ancestral Cacoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do the Sawi men believe their children are strong?
(a) They do not care about their own children.
(b) Yes, they believe their own children are immortal.
(c) No, they know their own children are very fragile.
(d) Yes, they believe their own children can withstand anything.

2. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.
(b) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(c) The Sawi women are involved only if they are married.
(d) Yes, they are very good with spears and often had better aim than their husbands.

3. 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 trying to forge an alliance between his village, Mauro, and Haenam.
(c) He is campaigning for political office and needs the support of Haenam villagers.
(d) He is thinking of moving from Mauro to Haenam.

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

5. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(b) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.
(c) Freshly toasted sago grubs.
(d) Pudding made from a bear liver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two pillars Richardson refers to?

2. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?

3. What is Don Richardson feeling as he steps onto the bank of the Kronkel and meets those who are waiting for them?

4. Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?

5. What is the second level of despair?

(see the answer key)

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