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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25, Out of the Ancestral Cacoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ritual does "Eyes Red with Watching" in chapter 23 describe?
(a) The Sawi ritual of grief and veneration.
(b) The Sawi ritual of new birth.
(c) The Sawi ritual of sleeplessness.
(d) The Sawi ritual of baptism.

2. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) One.

3. What does Richardson believe is stopping the Sawi people from following the Christian path?
(a) Fear of being crucified like Jesus.
(b) Fear of Richardson and the Tuan people.
(c) Fear of unfavorable reaction from the demon world.
(d) Fear of the power of God and Jesus.

4. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?
(a) No one is waiting. The whole area is deserted.
(b) Two hundred armed warriors and many women and children,
(c) John McCain and his wife.
(d) Hato and Yae.

5. What does "gefam ason" mean?
(a) Paddling through the storm.
(b) Touching the stench.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) Tasting nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?

2. How does the author describe a Sawi manhouse?

3. Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?

4. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?

5. Why is it so important to Richardson that the patriarchs, the older men, convert to Christianity?

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