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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Gods From the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) One.

4. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?
(a) The song of a lark at break of day.
(b) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(c) The large migration of birds which flew overhead.
(d) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is "saravon"?

4. What is the Prairie Bible Institute?

5. What does eating flesh for the first time mean to Sawi children?

(see the answer key)

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