1. Which of these terms can be used to describe the tribe?
(a) Saintly contemplative monks.
(b) Modern aggressive innovators.
(c) Creative imaginative artists.
(d) Cannibalistic head hunters.

2. What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?
(a) That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.
(b) That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.
(c) That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
(d) That these people are not to be trusted...ever...

3. What do the Sawi warriors do when they meet Don Richardson and John McCain for the first time?
(a) They launch an attack of arrows.
(b) Most of the warriors faint and have to be revived with camphor.
(c) They panic, many of them leaping out of the canoes; everyone trembling.
(d) They stand in their canoes completely and totally still.

4. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?
(a) Forty-five piers are placed.
(b) Two piers are placed.
(c) Sixteen piers are placed.
(d) There are no piers; it is a small platform that the trailer sat on.

5. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.
(b) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(c) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.
(d) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.