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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?
(a) The principle of original sin.
(b) The principle of cause and effect.
(c) The principle of redemption.
(d) The principle of capitalism.
2. What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?
(a) That these people are not to be trusted...ever...
(b) That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.
(c) That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.
(d) That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
3. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?
(a) Two hundred armed warriors and many women and children,
(b) John McCain and his wife.
(c) No one is waiting. The whole area is deserted.
(d) Hato and Yae.
4. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(b) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.
(c) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(d) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
5. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?
(a) The Australians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Netherlands.
6. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The hip socket.
(b) The leg bones.
(c) The polished skull.
(d) The entire skeleton.
7. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?
(a) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.
(b) Yes, they take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.
(c) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.
(d) No, they are not worried about attack because they have supplies to trade.
8. What time of day does the Richardson family arrive at their new home?
(a) Daybreak.
(b) Noon.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Midnight.
9. How do Don and Carol Richardson travel to New Guinea in 1962?
(a) They fly from New York City on the Concorde and then drive into the Sawi territory.
(b) They fly to Russia and then to Zurich and then to Australia and finally take a sailboat up to New Guinea.
(c) They sail from Vancouver on the ship "Oriana" and then fly into the interior.
(d) They drive from Canada to Mexico, take a small yacht across the Pacific Ocean and land in New Guinea.
10. Why do the elders Kigo, Hatu and Numu volunteer to make contact with the Tuans?
(a) The elders are forced by their tribesmen to do this.
(b) The elders are confused and don't know what they are doing.
(c) The elders are near death anyway and think they have little to lose
(d) These elders have learned some of the Auyu language and think maybe that is what the Tuans speak.
11. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?
(a) A bind created by one person eating food which has touched another person's genitals.
(b) The custom of soaking food in water before eating it.
(c) One person mixing blood with another person.
(d) A custom of men having more than one wife.
12. What does Richardson build his home with?
(a) Ironwood, split palm bark, mangrove poles and sago fronds.
(b) Oak, cherry, and walnut.
(c) He brings in a small airstream trailer and sets it on a platform.
(d) Parts of an old boat which was moored on the river nearby.
13. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?
(a) It is in Australia, right in the central district.
(b) Directly north of Australia.
(c) It is not near Australia but located near India.
(d) Southwest of Australia.
14. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To leave a little on one's plate.
(b) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.
(c) To fatten with friendship.
(d) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.
15. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(b) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Don Richardson do that frightens the Sawi people away from his house?
2. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
3. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?
4. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?
5. What is "saravon"?
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