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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, The Power of Aumamay.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?
(a) A blender.
(b) A gas-powered washing machine.
(c) A low flying helicopter.
(d) A food processor.

3. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Yae is sitting in a plane which is on its way to Istanbul.
(b) Yae is sitting in his treehouse, forty feet above the Kronkel river.
(c) Yae is sitting by the man-made pool in his backyard.
(d) Yae is sitting in the hospital where his wife is dying in childbirth.

4. 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 is bored and plays with his toys, rarely looking up.
(c) Stephen is full of wonder and awe.
(d) Stephen sleeps the entire way.

5. What does Richardson like about the possibility of building on the kidari?
(a) It is in the middle of a large village.
(b) It is a good place for the mission plane to land.
(c) It is close to connections for electricity and gas.
(d) It is surrounded by huge stone walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Sawi people do when the long poles holding up their homes begin to rot?

2. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

3. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?

4. What is the name of the sea which the Kronkel river empties into?

5. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?

(see the answer key)

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