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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 have the Sawi villagers constructed around the Richardson home?
(a) Nadous, long fireplaces for cooking.
(b) Saurai, temporary homes.
(c) Satanoun, battle structures.
(d) Tatious, boat docks.

2. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?
(a) The Australians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) The Americans.

3. How do Don and Carol Richardson travel to New Guinea in 1962?
(a) They sail from Vancouver on the ship "Oriana" and then fly into the interior.
(b) They drive from Canada to Mexico, take a small yacht across the Pacific Ocean and land in New Guinea.
(c) They fly from New York City on the Concorde and then drive into the Sawi territory.
(d) They fly to Russia and then to Zurich and then to Australia and finally take a sailboat up to New Guinea.

4. What do the women do during battle?
(a) The women throw stones and sharp rocks at the enemy.
(b) The women curse and bang their pounding sticks on the ground.
(c) The women shield the children.
(d) The women taunt their own men to be more brave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?

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

4. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?

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

(see the answer key)

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