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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. How does Don Richardson find a way into the hearts and minds of the tribe?
(a) By paying them large sums of cash.
(b) By having a great sense of humor.
(c) By cooking great meals and making good friends with the elders.
(d) By connecting with their own cultural redemptive analogies.

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

3. What is the name of the sea which the Kronkel river empties into?
(a) The Arafura Sea.
(b) The Agrabar Waterway.
(c) The Agramenon Basin.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

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

5. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?
(a) Because of lice.
(b) Because her husband has died.
(c) Because it customary for a bride to have a shaved head.
(d) Because it would show how wise she was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

2. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

3. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?

4. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

5. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?

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