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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Tuan Eat Brains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?
(a) A dangerous cannibalistic ritual.
(b) A baptism into a new and strange world.
(c) The beginning of a violent war between Sawi and Tuan.
(d) A chance to learn the Sawi language.

2. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A man and his wife.
(b) Brother to brother.
(c) A mother and her grandmother.
(d) A man and his mother-in-law.

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

4. What is Don Richardson's first order of business with the Sawi tribe?
(a) To learn the Sawi language.
(b) To cure the sick and heal the lame.
(c) To convert the children to Christianity.
(d) To establish trading alliances with neighboring tribes.

5. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?
(a) The Kayagar village of Amyam is better at building houses than the Sawi.
(b) The village of Amyam is desperate to have a Tuan live with them.
(c) The Kayagar people don't want to paddle all the way down the river.
(d) The Kayagar men are afraid of the Sawi and think that Richardson will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?

2. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?

3. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?

4. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

5. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?

(see the answer key)

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