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Don Richardson

Peace Child Quiz

Don Richardson
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Peace Child Quiz

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1)

What do the Sawi warriors bring on their first trading mission to Pirimapun? (from Chapter 7, Through the Ironwood Curtain)

Pottery made from dark red riverbank clay.
Elaborately carved masks and feather-adorned costumes.
Guns, ammunition, spears and dynamite.
Sago flour, beetle grubs, lori parrots and chickens.
2)

What does Richardson build after five years among the Sawi to replace his small thatchbox home? (from Chapter 25, Out of the Ancestral Cacoon)

A riverboat home.
A three-bedroom dwelling.
A 14-bedroom hotel.
An underground bunker.
3)

What does Richardson build his home with? (from Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky)

Ironwood, split palm bark, mangrove poles and sago fronds.
Oak, cherry, and walnut.
Parts of an old boat which was moored on the river nearby.
He brings in a small airstream trailer and sets it on a platform.
4)

What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder? (from Chapter 8, The End of an Aeon)

That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.
That these people are not to be trusted...ever...
That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.
5)

What does Narai do when he sees the arrival of the Richardsons? (from Chapter 10, Destiny in a Dugout)

He sends a warning shot on the new gun that Richardson gave him.
He shoots a flaming arrow back towards the village.
He blows a warning signal on his bamboo horn to the other tribespeople.
He sends up a flare to the other tribespeople.
6)

Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak? (from Chapter 13, War at my Door)

The women.
The most experienced warriors.
The young teenage boys.
The jesters and clowns are sent to the front to distract.
7)

What do the Sawi men build on the Kronkel river under Richardson's guidance? (from Chapter 25, Out of the Ancestral Cacoon)

A small island made of concrete.
A breakwater barrier.
A huge raft made of ironwood poles.
A 110-foot iron bridge.
8)

What does Richardson believe God has planted in many cultures which can be used as a key to sharing the Christian gospel? (from Author's Postscript)

Cruelty and treachery.
Ignorance and violence.
Redemptive analogies.
Common human values.
9)

What are the two new tools Richardson gives the men of Tumdu? (from Chapter 12, Patriarch of the Tumdu)

A steel hammer and saw.
A radio and camera.
A steel fish gutting machine.
A steel knife and steel machete.
10)

Who is building Richardson's house? (from Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky)

Richardson builds the home by himself.
Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.
Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.
The Sawi women are the builders of Richardson's home.
11)

Who comes in a dugout to help the stranded party? (from Chapter 19, Capsized Among Crocodiles)

Another Tuan missionary.
The Dutch government authorities.
The outcast of the Kamur tribe, Natato.
Mavo's own father, Taeri, and his daughter Aray.
12)

What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people? (from Chapter 14, The Tuan Eat Brains)

A gas-powered washing machine.
A food processor.
A low flying helicopter.
A blender.
13)

What time of day does the Richardson family arrive at their new home? (from Chapter 10, Destiny in a Dugout)

Daybreak.
Sunset.
Noon.
Midnight.
14)

What is the first thing Warahi says when he comes out of his coma? (from Chapter 22, The Power of Aumamay)

"O Mother, don't be sad."
"Help me up, I must walk."
"Where am I?"
"I am hungry."
15)

What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes? (from Chapter 8, The End of an Aeon)

Shale.
Linoleum.
Clay from the riverbank.
Split palm tree bark.
16)

What does Hato say about God? (from Chapter 18, Stillnss in the Man House)

"God must have been sad just like me."
"God must be very, very far away."
"God does not know what he is doing."
"God must not care for us if such things happen."
17)

Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai? (from Chapter 22, The Power of Aumamay)

Richardson is not allowing them to carry out their death and dying rituals.
Richardson is not allowing the rain gods to bring nourishment to the jungle.
Richardson is trying to save a bad man.
Richardson is keeping the village from going on a wild boar hunt.
18)

What does Richardson conclude has been the reason Sawi people have survived so long? (from Chapter 16, Crisis by the Kronkel)

Their habit of bathing in the river.
Their habit of aggressive fighting.
Their habit of living in small, isolated groups.
Their habit of fishing and hunting.
19)

Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service? (from Chapter 24, The Long Journey)

Carol Richardson.
Isai, now a literate Sawi preacher.
Richardson's son, Stephen.
Yae.
20)

What does "ki wone" mean in the Dani language? (from Author's Postscript)

Danger approaches.
Words of life.
There is more to do.
Words of death.
21)

What do the Tumdu women use as flour in their cooking? (from Chapter 12, Patriarch of the Tumdu)

Whole wheat flour.
Ironwood tree flour.
Bamboo plant flour.
Sago palm flour.
22)

Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief? (from Chapter 17, Cool Water Tomorrow)

Wumi, mother of a peace child.
Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.
Mary, mother of Jesus.
Carol, Don Richardson's wife.
23)

Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains? (from Chapter 14, The Tuan Eat Brains)

Because Richardsons tell the boys this to frighten them.
Because they are lying to get attention.
Because their macaroni supper looks like brains.
Because the Richardsons frighten them.
24)

Do the Sawi men believe their children are strong? (from Chapter 18, Stillnss in the Man House)

Yes, they believe their own children can withstand anything.
Yes, they believe their own children are immortal.
No, they know their own children are very fragile.
They do not care about their own children.
25)

Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson? (from Chapter 8, The End of an Aeon)

He is the first Sawi that Richardson has contact with and he speaks several tribal languages.
Hadi is the only Sawi who can read.
Hadi is blind and Richardson feels very sorry for him.
Richardson feels that somehow Hadi is related to him.
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