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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?

2. Who is the patriarch of the Tumdu?

3. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

4. Which of these terms can be used to describe the tribe?

5. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tools appears in Chapter 12, Patriarch of the Tumdu, which are new to Sawi culture?

2. Why was Yae so confident and relaxed on this visit to the Haenam village?

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

4. Why do the Sawi people see Kani and Mahean as the epitome of manhood?

5. Why does the ecstatic Sawi communal expression of "hahap kaman" so deeply affect Richardson?

6. Who are the people that the author is going to work with?

7. Does Ebenezer Vine promise the students fame and fortune?

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

9. Why is the sound of the diesel boat engines so frightening?

10. What are some of the fears which the Sawi people have about the Tuans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peace Child is a before-and-after book. There is a particular culture in place before Richardson arrived and brought new ideas and there is a particular culture that emerges out of the interchange between the author and the Sawi people. What is the world of the Sawi people like before Richardson arrives? What are the benefits of the Sawi culture before the influence of Richardson and the modern world? What are the challenges?

Essay Topic 2

Richardson believes that change is inevitable for the Sawi people. How do the changes which he encouraged prepare them for the modern world that would soon descend upon them? Is there a choice for the Sawi people? Would the old ways have vanished no matter what? If a culture loses its world view and religion, does it lose its essence? Or can it retain its identity and absorb a new world view? Can the Sawi be Sawi without their religion, cannibalistic practices and headhunting?

Essay Topic 3

The Sawi language is multi-layered, very complex, poetic, and sophisticated. Why would such a language arise from a culture that has no written language? Or is the fact that the Sawi do not have a written language part of the reason that the verbal language has become so sophisticated? Is their remoteness an asset in terms of language development? Has it given them time to develop a more pure and complicated way to communicate? Or is it the fact that they are such an ancient culture? Richardson struggles with understanding how such a language could come from the Sawi people. What are his thoughts and observations about the Sawi language?

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