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

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

4. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?

5. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Richardson title this chapter "Baptism of Strangeness"?

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

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

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

9. Why does Wario, Mahaen's mother-in-law, agree to be part of Kani's terrible revenge plot?

10. How does Kauwan display "saravon," a customary display of force, and why does he do this when Yae arrives at the village of Haenam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the time Richardson and his wife live with the Sawi people, change comes to both missionary and village people. Describe the change that the final chapter lays out in terms of the Sawi people. How have they been changed? What basic behaviors have been altered? How is Don Richardson different from the young man who set out from Canada on this journey?

Essay Topic 2

Why have the Sawi people been so protected from the modern world and its technological advances? Write an essay which explores both the physical reasons (geography), lifestyle, and world view of the Sawi culture which has kept it at such a remote distance.

Essay Topic 3

Cross-cultural communication has always been part of human life. In recent times, however, with our ability to travel so easily and quickly, the mixing of cultures has become commonplace. Richardson was working with the Sawi people at a time when travel was becoming very accessible. What are the ethical issues of influencing another culture? Does Richardson have the right to intrude upon the Sawi people? Is it his responsibility to share valuable wisdom with people who have not been exposed to ideas which can bring peace and understanding in new ways?

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