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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 medicine do the Richardsons have which saves the lives of Mavu, Nair and Paha?
(a) Prayer.
(b) X-rays.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Aspirin.

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

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

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

5. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.
(b) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(c) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(d) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?

2. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?

3. What is "saravon"?

4. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?

5. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?

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