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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Genesis of a Mission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?
(a) The flag of pirates.
(b) The stars and stripes of the United States.
(c) The Dutch flag.
(d) The Irian Jaya flag.

2. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?
(a) Mission State.
(b) Waiting until the sun comes up.
(c) The place of death.
(d) Land without time.

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

4. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The entire skeleton.
(b) The hip socket.
(c) The leg bones.
(d) The polished skull.

5. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) He dies of starvation.
(c) The women and children of the Haenam village.
(d) The dogs of the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?

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

3. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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