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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. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.
(b) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(c) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(d) She is mad with grief.

2. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Sago flour.
(b) Bamboo fiber flour.
(c) Rice flour.
(d) Whole wheat flour.

3. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) One.

4. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(b) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(c) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(d) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.

5. What do the Sawi people do when the long poles holding up their homes begin to rot?
(a) They work with their neighbors and replace all the poles.
(b) They replace them with steel girders.
(c) They lower their houses to the ground.
(d) They move to another location.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

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

3. Why is Yae going on a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

4. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?

5. What is a good strategy for a Sawi village that wants to take revenge against another village?

(see the answer key)

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