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

2. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?
(a) It means that they will someday go to heaven and be an angel.
(b) They are crossing a major threshold necessary to known the ultimate essence of their existence.
(c) It means that they no longer belong to the tribe.
(d) It means they are now an adult.

3. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?
(a) A peace child.
(b) His own wife.
(c) A gun and sword.
(d) A thousand dollars.

4. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?
(a) For God to send him inspiration so that he can name his child.
(b) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(c) For the rains to come and water his crops.
(d) For the village to nominate him chief.

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