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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, My Liver Trembles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?
(a) It means "you have aroused longing in me."
(b) It means "the day has come for me to die."
(c) It means "I am extremely hungry."
(d) It means "illness has struck me and I am near death."

2. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?
(a) Mission State.
(b) Waiting until the sun comes up.
(c) The place of death.
(d) Land without time.

3. What does Don Richardson believe the real battle is about?
(a) Between the savagery and the gospel of peace.
(b) Between God and Satan.
(c) Between women and men.
(d) Between the modern world and the stone age world.

4. What does the word "navo" mean in Sawi?
(a) Help me.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Goodbye.
(d) Supper.

5. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?
(a) The Kamur and Haenam villages are in battle.
(b) The Sawi are fighting the Tuan.
(c) The Kayangar and the Sawi are in battle.
(d) The Harasiomi and the Kaondahari are fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak?

2. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?

3. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?

4. How old is Don Richardson when he first felt a spiritual call to serve God as a missionary?

5. Why is it so difficult for the Sawi people to convert to Richardson's faith?

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