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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) All is lost and there is no hope left.
(b) The warriors are about to attack.
(c) The group is full of ecstatic joy.
(d) Dinner is ready.

2. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.
(b) Because of lice.
(c) Because her husband has died.
(d) Because it would show how wise she was.

3. 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 village to nominate him chief.
(c) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(d) For the rains to come and water his crops.

4. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?
(a) Konahario!
(b) Aloha!
(c) Kondahara!
(d) Alleluia!

5. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) One of his children.
(d) Many months of work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?

3. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?

4. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?

5. What do the Sawi people believe airplanes are?

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