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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Don Richardson feeling as he steps onto the bank of the Kronkel and meets those who are waiting for them?
(a) He is feeling triumphant at having made the voyage.
(b) He is psyching himself up for the sermon he is going to give.
(c) He is angry at his wife for being so scared.
(d) He is frightened that he may have misread the situation.

2. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?
(a) Linoleum.
(b) Clay from the riverbank.
(c) Shale.
(d) Split palm tree bark.

3. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
(a) The river water must never be drunk. It is full of germs.
(b) To toss each scoop of water in the air and catch it in one's mouth.
(c) To drink it with a straw-like tool made of sago leaves.
(d) To put one's head underwater completely and drink.

4. What do the Tumdu women use as flour in their cooking?
(a) Ironwood tree flour.
(b) Whole wheat flour.
(c) Bamboo plant flour.
(d) Sago palm flour.

5. How old is Don Richardson when he first felt a spiritual call to serve God as a missionary?
(a) 65.
(b) 39.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like on the day the Richardson family arrives at their new home?

2. What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?

3. What does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?

4. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?

5. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yae throw water from the river into the air in order to drink it?

2. What are the Sawi concerned about when Richardson takes a bath in the Kronkel river?

3. What about the jungle frightens Don Richardson?

4. What do the young 7-month-old Stephen and the grown Sawi man Narai have in common?

5. For his journey to Haenam, Yae dresses in a very careful way. What are some of the underlying meanings which his clothing convey?

6. Why is Narai waiting in the elephant grass, in his small dugout? What is his purpose and job to do on this auspicious day?

7. What response does Richardson offer to those who would advocate that these remote tribes need to be left alone and not contacted?

8. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in modern life?

9. What was the moment in which Yae realizes that he has been tricked?

10. What do the elders Kigo, Hato and Numu do with the gifts they receive from the Tuans who are on the boat?

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