2. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?
(a) Only one.
(b) An estimated four hundred.
(c) Five distinct tribes and ten which could not be classified.
(d) Fifteen distinct tribes.

3. What do the Tumdu women use as flour in their cooking?
(a) Whole wheat flour.
(b) Sago palm flour.
(c) Ironwood tree flour.
(d) Bamboo plant flour.

4. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?
(a) The custom of soaking food in water before eating it.
(b) A bind created by one person eating food which has touched another person's genitals.
(c) A custom of men having more than one wife.
(d) One person mixing blood with another person.

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

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

7. How many wives does the patriarch of Tumdu have?
(a) Four.
(b) None, he is a priest.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty; he is a great chief.

8. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Rice flour.
(b) Whole wheat flour.
(c) Sago flour.
(d) Bamboo fiber flour.

9. Who is Patches?
(a) The cook who makes fried sago worms for Richardson's family.
(b) The nickname for Richardson's young son.
(c) The fierce watchdog that lives with the missionary family of John McCain.
(d) The translator who makes "patchwork" of the early communications with the Sawi tribe.

10. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?
(a) She takes the bone and grinds it into fine dust and then spreads it atop the river.
(b) She is filled with remorse and grief and refuses to take it.
(c) She promises that she will send it to Yae's wife as an expression of her sympathy.
(d) She cries out in jubilation and dances to celebrate her great honor.

11. Who is building Richardson's house?
(a) The Sawi women are the builders of Richardson's home.
(b) Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.
(c) Richardson builds the home by himself.
(d) Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.

12. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.
(b) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(c) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.
(d) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.

13. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?
(a) Cross-cultural communication.
(b) Annihilation and destruction.
(c) The end of all we know.
(d) Despair and continual war.

14. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(b) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.

15. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?
(a) Stephen is very frightened and cannot stop crying.
(b) Stephen sleeps the entire way.
(c) Stephen is bored and plays with his toys, rarely looking up.
(d) Stephen is full of wonder and awe.