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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. Why is it so difficult for the Sawi people to convert to Richardson's faith?
(a) They cannot speak English.
(b) They have no spiritual life.
(c) They are cowards and afraid to try anything new.
(d) They trust the ancient Sawi culture which is all they have ever known.

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

3. How does Mavo respond to the protection and kindness which Richardson shows to him?
(a) Mavo gives Richardson one of his own children.
(b) Mavo converts to Christianity that evening.
(c) Mavo promises he will follow the Richardsons anywhere.
(d) Mavo leaves the area and travels to the nearest Dutch government outpost.

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

5. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?
(a) Richardson is keeping the village from going on a wild boar hunt.
(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 trying to save a bad man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Sawi men build on the Kronkel river under Richardson's guidance?

2. What is the fourth level of despair?

3. What are the relatives of Warahai doing to his body now that they believe his soul has left?

4. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?

5. What medicine do the Richardsons have which saves the lives of Mavu, Nair and Paha?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richardson see as the true battle in Chapter 13, War at my Door?

2. What is "aumamay"?

3. Who is Biakadon?

4. What ritual do the Sawi villagers engage in which inspires the title of this book?

5. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

6. What does Mahaen think the underlying reason for "gefam asan" is?

7. Why is the arrival of Hurip, the injured Kayagar, such a challenge?

8. A Sawi woman dies in childbirth along with the twins that she gives birth to. What do the Sawi believe about twins?

9. In Chapter 24, what does Richardson organize and describe that would have been impossible when he first arrived?

10. What have the Sawi built in the time after modern life and Christianity have come to them?

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