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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 many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Seven hundred and fifty.
(d) One.

2. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?
(a) They are horrified by the concepts and live only peaceful quiet lives.
(b) They have never heard of treachery and violence.
(c) They honor it as a legendary activity.
(d) They don't understand it at all.

3. What do the Sawi assume when they hear that the Tuans are almost all men?
(a) Tuans live forever and therefore do not need offspring.
(b) The men must fight to obtain wives since there are so few women.
(c) Tuans are supernatural and do not need to procreate.
(d) Tuans kill and eat their women.

4. Why do the elders Kigo, Hatu and Numu volunteer to make contact with the Tuans?
(a) The elders are near death anyway and think they have little to lose
(b) The elders are forced by their tribesmen to do this.
(c) These elders have learned some of the Auyu language and think maybe that is what the Tuans speak.
(d) The elders are confused and don't know what they are doing.

5. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?
(a) It is in Australia, right in the central district.
(b) Directly north of Australia.
(c) It is not near Australia but located near India.
(d) Southwest of Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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