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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Genesis of a Mission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.
(b) To leave a little on one's plate.
(c) To fatten with friendship.
(d) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.

2. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
(a) To drink it with a straw-like tool made of sago leaves.
(b) To put one's head underwater completely and drink.
(c) The river water must never be drunk. It is full of germs.
(d) To toss each scoop of water in the air and catch it in one's mouth.

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

4. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?
(a) An estimated four hundred.
(b) Fifteen distinct tribes.
(c) Five distinct tribes and ten which could not be classified.
(d) Only one.

5. A typical stone axe would be swung 40 times to fell a tree. How many times does Hurip have to swing his steel axe to cut down the tree?
(a) 39 times.
(b) Once.
(c) 80 times.
(d) Four times

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

2. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?

3. What is "saravon"?

4. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?

5. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?

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