View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vessel does the Richardson family use to arrive at their new home?
(a) A rowboat with diesel motor.
(b) A speedboat.
(c) A long dugout canoe.
(d) A plane.

2. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?
(a) Mission State.
(b) The place of death.
(c) Land without time.
(d) Waiting until the sun comes up.

3. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?
(a) The Australians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Netherlands.

4. 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.

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

6. What do Sawi use to build the floors of their homes?
(a) Split palm tree bark.
(b) Shale.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Clay from the riverbank.

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

8. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.
(b) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.
(c) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(d) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.

9. What is Don Richardson feeling as he steps onto the bank of the Kronkel and meets those who are waiting for them?
(a) He is angry at his wife for being so scared.
(b) He is frightened that he may have misread the situation.
(c) He is psyching himself up for the sermon he is going to give.
(d) He is feeling triumphant at having made the voyage.

10. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?
(a) He dies of starvation.
(b) The dogs of the village.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) The women and children of the Haenam village.

11. 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 take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.
(c) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.
(d) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.

12. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?
(a) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(b) For the village to nominate him chief.
(c) For the rains to come and water his crops.
(d) For God to send him inspiration so that he can name his child.

13. What is Carol Richardson feeling as she steps onto the bank of her new home?
(a) Carol is hysterical with weeping.
(b) Carol is planning her escape.
(c) Carol is very angry with her husband.
(d) Carol is excited and awed.

14. What is the Prairie Bible Institute?
(a) A large university in Nebraska which was founded by Mennonites.
(b) A school which teaches English and Dutch to the children from the Sawi culture.
(c) A far right think tank in western Kansas.
(d) A Christian community and missionary training school in Alberta, Canada.

15. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A mother and her grandmother.
(b) A man and his wife.
(c) A man and his mother-in-law.
(d) Brother to brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?

2. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?

3. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?

4. How many pounds does the average wild boar weigh?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 732 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample