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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Er when he makes advances towards a girl?
(a) She chases him into the river.
(b) Her male relatives shoot him with arrows.
(c) She accuses him of terrible things and he is banished.
(d) He is forced to marry the girl.

2. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?
(a) Shocking truth.
(b) Peace.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Cold nights.

3. How do the Sawi prepare a body for burial?
(a) Singe the skin with fire, cut off all the hair and disfigure the face.
(b) Anoint it with fragrant oils.
(c) Wrap the body in a grass mat, bound with vines around the neck, wrist and ankles.
(d) Coat it in thick mud and dry it in the sun.

4. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?
(a) They have nothing in common.
(b) They both believe in a spiritual world, and they both talk to spirit/god.
(c) They are both over 60 years of age.
(d) They both believe that Warahari is dead.

5. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?
(a) Watermelon, oranges and grapefruit.
(b) Pineapple, coconut palms, lemon trees and hibiscus.
(c) Peaches, sago and apricots.
(d) Apple trees, green beans, potatoes and tomatoes.

6. Why does Amio want Hurip to die?
(a) Hurip owes Amio much money and will not pay.
(b) Hurip tried to kill Amio earlier in the day.
(c) Hurip is his father's uncle and not to be trusted.
(d) Hurip killed the peace child which Hato, Amio's father, gave to the Kayagar.

7. Do the Sawi men believe their children are strong?
(a) They do not care about their own children.
(b) Yes, they believe their own children can withstand anything.
(c) No, they know their own children are very fragile.
(d) Yes, they believe their own children are immortal.

8. Near the end of the book, Richardson describes a new place where the mission plane lands. What is that place?
(a) A floating bridge on the Kronkel.
(b) The long sago bridge.
(c) The recently built airstrip.
(d) An ocean carrier.

9. What is the second level of despair?
(a) Dressing the dead person's body in colorful clothing.
(b) Covering oneself with Sago thorns and rolling on the ground.
(c) Dancing under the gravehouse platform as maggots and rotting flesh rain down.
(d) Starting a bonfire at the death camp.

10. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?
(a) Richardson is trying to save a bad man.
(b) Richardson is not allowing the rain gods to bring nourishment to the jungle.
(c) Richardson is not allowing them to carry out their death and dying rituals.
(d) Richardson is keeping the village from going on a wild boar hunt.

11. How does the author describe a Sawi manhouse?
(a) As a den of inequity.
(b) As the Parthenon of Sawi culture.
(c) As a library and movie theatre in the Sawi village.
(d) As a rundown, smoke-filled, unhealthy gathering place.

12. What is the first level of despair?
(a) Waiting for nine days and nights as the body decomposes in the grave house.
(b) Sleeping with the body of the person who has died.
(c) Tearing one's clothing and covering oneself in ashes.
(d) Hiking three miles to a nearby death camp.

13. What does Richardson conclude has been the reason Sawi people have survived so long?
(a) Their habit of living in small, isolated groups.
(b) Their habit of bathing in the river.
(c) Their habit of fishing and hunting.
(d) Their habit of aggressive fighting.

14. What does Don Richardson respect about the Sawi men?
(a) They are excellent writers and have captured their history in many books.
(b) He does not respect anything about the Sawi men.
(c) They are accomplished naturalists and have great courage and survival skills.
(d) They are well traveled and have been all over the world.

15. Why is Richardson so excited about the peace child ritual?
(a) He thinks it will make a good book.
(b) He believes that Christianity must have been introduced to the Sawi long ago.
(c) It shows the Sawi people are capable of understanding and practicing peace.
(d) He is not excited; he thinks it is all very hopeless and sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people can be seated at a worship service inside the new Sawidome?

2. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?

3. Which two village groups need to make peace?

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

5. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?

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