1. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?
(a) His own wife.
(b) A peace child.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) A gun and sword.

2. Who is building Richardson's house?
(a) Richardson builds the home by himself.
(b) The Sawi women are the builders of Richardson's home.
(c) Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.
(d) Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.

3. What does Don Richardson interpret the tumult of Sawi activity as?
(a) The beginning of a violent war between Sawi and Tuan.
(b) A baptism into a new and strange world.
(c) A dangerous cannibalistic ritual.
(d) A chance to learn the Sawi language.

4. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Yae is sitting in his treehouse, forty feet above the Kronkel river.
(b) Yae is sitting in a plane which is on its way to Istanbul.
(c) Yae is sitting in the hospital where his wife is dying in childbirth.
(d) Yae is sitting by the man-made pool in his backyard.

5. What is the Ironwood Curtain?
(a) It refers to that curtain which hangs between life and death.
(b) It means passing from the life of easy and plenty, where there is much light, to the darker world of the jungle.
(c) It means passing into the jungle that is full of trees which are called ironwood because of their dense hard wood.
(d) It refers to the border of iron which the Sawi people have erected around their territory.