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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. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?
(a) Clay from the riverbank.
(b) Shale.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Split palm tree bark.

2. In 1963 who does the Dutch government begin to give control of the Netherlands New Guinea to?
(a) Through the World Court they give control to Australia.
(b) Through the League of Nations they give control to the United States.
(c) Through the United Nations they transfer control to Indonesian sovereignty.
(d) Through the Geneva Accord they give control to the Sawi.

3. What is Aham's role in the village?
(a) She is a naturopath.
(b) She is a herbalist.
(c) She is the leader of the women.
(d) She is a sorceresses who has visions of spiritual events.

4. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?
(a) The belief of the Sawi people in demons.
(b) The inability of the Sawi people to understand what peace is.
(c) The fact that they are illiterate.
(d) The possibility of tusi asonai man.

5. What does Richardson build his home with?
(a) Oak, cherry, and walnut.
(b) He brings in a small airstream trailer and sets it on a platform.
(c) Ironwood, split palm bark, mangrove poles and sago fronds.
(d) Parts of an old boat which was moored on the river nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Biakadon?

2. What is Don Richardson's first order of business with the Sawi tribe?

3. What have the Sawi villagers constructed around the Richardson home?

4. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

5. What do the Sawi people build for a dead person?

(see the answer key)

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