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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?
(a) Konahario!
(b) Aloha!
(c) Kondahara!
(d) Alleluia!

2. What event shatters the air of tension between the tribes on the first day of building?
(a) The Missionary Aviation Fellowship plane arrives.
(b) A storm suddenly appears and lightning strikes the building.
(c) Richardson begins to rail and rage at both tribes.
(d) A boat from John McCain arrives

3. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?
(a) The kidari has many types of exotic fish which visit it.
(b) The kidari is a waterfall which falls some 500 feet.
(c) The kidari is the longest straight stretch of the river.
(d) The kidari has dangerous currents which should be avoided.

4. What do the Sawi warriors do when they meet Don Richardson and John McCain for the first time?
(a) They launch an attack of arrows.
(b) Most of the warriors faint and have to be revived with camphor.
(c) They panic, many of them leaping out of the canoes; everyone trembling.
(d) They stand in their canoes completely and totally still.

5. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To fatten with friendship.
(b) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.
(c) To leave a little on one's plate.
(d) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.

6. What does the Richardson family sleep underneath?
(a) The open sky full of stars.
(b) A mosquito net.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A wooden box.

7. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?
(a) Seven.
(b) Seven hundred and fifty.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

9. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?
(a) Stephen is very frightened and cannot stop crying.
(b) Stephen is full of wonder and awe.
(c) Stephen is bored and plays with his toys, rarely looking up.
(d) Stephen sleeps the entire way.

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

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

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

13. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) Dinner is ready.
(b) All is lost and there is no hope left.
(c) The group is full of ecstatic joy.
(d) The warriors are about to attack.

14. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The entire skeleton.
(b) The hip socket.
(c) The leg bones.
(d) The polished skull.

15. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(b) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(c) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(d) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two new tools Richardson gives the men of Tumdu?

2. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?

3. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

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

5. What is the weather like on the day the Richardson family arrives at their new home?

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