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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?
(a) They think the climate would be good for their health.
(b) They are writing a book on ancient cultures and want to do research.
(c) They feel called to serve God as missionaries.
(d) They have no choice; they are sent by their families.

2. What do the Sawi warriors bring on their first trading mission to Pirimapun?
(a) Sago flour, beetle grubs, lori parrots and chickens.
(b) Pottery made from dark red riverbank clay.
(c) Guns, ammunition, spears and dynamite.
(d) Elaborately carved masks and feather-adorned costumes.

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

4. When Yae arrives at the Haenam village at the beginning of Chapter 2, why is he so confident?
(a) He is carrying a concealed gun so that if there is trouble, he can defend himself.
(b) He is bringing them steel axes and a chain saw.
(c) He has been visiting them for seven months and they have been very friendly and warm.
(d) He is marrying the chief's daughter and will soon be related to the tribe.

5. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Pudding made from a bear liver.
(b) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.
(c) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(d) Freshly toasted sago grubs.

6. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?
(a) She promises that she will send it to Yae's wife as an expression of her sympathy.
(b) She cries out in jubilation and dances to celebrate her great honor.
(c) She is filled with remorse and grief and refuses to take it.
(d) She takes the bone and grinds it into fine dust and then spreads it atop the river.

7. What do Sawi men smoke in their pipes?
(a) Tobacco leaves.
(b) Dried mushrooms.
(c) Sago leaves.
(d) Ground bones of wild boars.

8. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?
(a) A bible, radio and a flashlight.
(b) Matches, razorblades and fishing equipment.
(c) Pens, paper and stamps.
(d) Necklaces made of brightly colored beads.

9. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.
(b) The Sawi women are involved only if they are married.
(c) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(d) Yes, they are very good with spears and often had better aim than their husbands.

10. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(b) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.

11. 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) Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.
(d) Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.

12. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?
(a) Cross-cultural communication.
(b) Annihilation and destruction.
(c) The end of all we know.
(d) Despair and continual war.

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

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

15. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?
(a) Hato and Yae.
(b) No one is waiting. The whole area is deserted.
(c) Two hundred armed warriors and many women and children,
(d) John McCain and his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?

2. What does the Richardson family sleep underneath?

3. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

4. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

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

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