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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women do during battle?
(a) The women curse and bang their pounding sticks on the ground.
(b) The women throw stones and sharp rocks at the enemy.
(c) The women shield the children.
(d) The women taunt their own men to be more brave.

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

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

4. What is the name of Don and Carol Richardson's second child?
(a) Luke Andrew.
(b) Shannon Douglas.
(c) Donald Paul.
(d) Moses James.

5. How many pigs are being cooked on this first Christmas?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Fifteen.

6. What is the fourth level of despair?
(a) Throwing oneself, briefly, upon the death bonfire.
(b) Eating food with the hand that had been plunged into the dead person's body.
(c) Sinking the dead person's body into the Kronkel river.
(d) Throwing oneself into the grave with the dead body.

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

8. What is Don Richardson's first order of business with the Sawi tribe?
(a) To cure the sick and heal the lame.
(b) To learn the Sawi language.
(c) To convert the children to Christianity.
(d) To establish trading alliances with neighboring tribes.

9. Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak?
(a) The most experienced warriors.
(b) The women.
(c) The jesters and clowns are sent to the front to distract.
(d) The young teenage boys.

10. Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief?
(a) Mary, mother of Jesus.
(b) Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.
(c) Carol, Don Richardson's wife.
(d) Wumi, mother of a peace child.

11. What are the relatives of Warahai doing to his body now that they believe his soul has left?
(a) Laying sago bread across his chest.
(b) Putting heavy stones on him in order to sink his body to the bottom of the river.
(c) Carrying him around the village on their shoulders.
(d) Burning him with coals, shouting his name and pinching him.

12. What is Aham's role in the village?
(a) She is a naturopath.
(b) She is a sorceresses who has visions of spiritual events.
(c) She is the leader of the women.
(d) She is a herbalist.

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

14. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?
(a) It means "illness has struck me and I am near death."
(b) It means "the day has come for me to die."
(c) It means "you have aroused longing in me."
(d) It means "I am extremely hungry."

15. What is "aumamay"?
(a) The Sawi believe it is the power of the River God Tatau visited upon the living.
(b) The Sawi believe it is "apparent life" when the body still lives but the soul is gone.
(c) The Sawi believe it is the only way to go to heaven.
(d) The Sawi believe it is a state of spiritual confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story about Jesus, who do the Sawi admire?

2. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?

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

4. What problems does Richardson face personally as he starts his sixth month of living with the Sawi people?

5. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?

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