2. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?
(a) Forty-five piers are placed.
(b) There are no piers; it is a small platform that the trailer sat on.
(c) Sixteen piers are placed.
(d) Two piers are placed.

3. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) Many months of work.
(b) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.
(c) Gold and silver.
(d) One of his children.

4. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.
(b) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(c) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(d) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.

5. What does Richardson build his home with?
(a) He brings in a small airstream trailer and sets it on a platform.
(b) Ironwood, split palm bark, mangrove poles and sago fronds.
(c) Parts of an old boat which was moored on the river nearby.
(d) Oak, cherry, and walnut.

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

7. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?
(a) Preparing young men for battle with many feasts.
(b) Raising beef cattle in jungle areas using grain and vegetables.
(c) Raising poultry in a kind and humane way.
(d) Forming friendships with the purpose of betrayal, murder and cannibalism.

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

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

10. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?
(a) Yae jumps into a soft pile of leaves.
(b) Yae travels from treetop to treetop, rarely touching the ground.
(c) Yae climbs down a long, vine-fastened ladder.
(d) Yae swings from vines to a nearby tree and then jumps down.

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

12. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?
(a) No, they are not worried about attack because they have supplies to trade.
(b) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.
(c) Yes, they take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.
(d) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.

13. How many wives does the patriarch of Tumdu have?
(a) One.
(b) None, he is a priest.
(c) Four.
(d) Twenty; he is a great chief.

14. What does the white skin of the Tuans remind the Sawi people of?
(a) A face made of teeth.
(b) New sago flour.
(c) The mouth of a crocodile.
(d) Moonlight on the river.

15. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?
(a) He is the first Sawi that Richardson has contact with and he speaks several tribal languages.
(b) Hadi is blind and Richardson feels very sorry for him.
(c) Hadi is the only Sawi who can read.
(d) Richardson feels that somehow Hadi is related to him.