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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. Who is Ebenezer G. Vine?
(a) An explorer and geographer who had charted Africa.
(b) A well known philosopher and theologian from Denmark.
(c) The great-grandfather of Don Richardson's who farmed in Nebraska.
(d) A veteran missionary who speaks at Don Richardson's college.

2. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(b) She is mad with grief.
(c) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.
(d) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.

3. Which of these terms can be used to describe the tribe?
(a) Modern aggressive innovators.
(b) Creative imaginative artists.
(c) Cannibalistic head hunters.
(d) Saintly contemplative monks.

4. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?
(a) Annihilation and destruction.
(b) Despair and continual war.
(c) Cross-cultural communication.
(d) The end of all we know.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?

2. What do the Sawi assume when they hear that the Tuans are almost all men?

3. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

4. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?

5. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?

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