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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Shadow of the Tuans.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is "saravon"?
(a) A nutritious stew made of pork, sago and onions.
(b) The relationship between a Sawi man and his mother-in-law.
(c) A milky drink offered to the river gods every morning.
(d) A customary display of force meant to reassure guests that they are safe.

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

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

5. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?
(a) A face made of teeth.
(b) New sago flour.
(c) The mouth of a crocodile.
(d) Moonlight on the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

3. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?

4. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?

5. How does Don Richardson find a way into the hearts and minds of the tribe?

(see the answer key)

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