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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?
(a) They kill the second twin, believing it to be an evil spirit.
(b) They name them the same name, as they came at the same time.
(c) They celebrate for many days, for they think it is very special.
(d) The second twin is ordained to be a tribal medicine man.

2. What is the first thing Warahi says when he comes out of his coma?
(a) "O Mother, don't be sad."
(b) "Help me up, I must walk."
(c) "I am hungry."
(d) "Where am I?"

3. Why is Hato so filled with grief?
(a) Hato was in grief over the loss of his place as chief.
(b) Hato had seen many of his children die of malaria.
(c) Hato had lost his parents recently.
(d) Hato had given a peace child to the Kayagar and they killed and ate the child.

4. How many people can be seated at a worship service inside the new Sawidome?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One thousand.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty thousand.

5. What is the first level of despair?
(a) Tearing one's clothing and covering oneself in ashes.
(b) Sleeping with the body of the person who has died.
(c) Waiting for nine days and nights as the body decomposes in the grave house.
(d) Hiking three miles to a nearby death camp.

6. Why is Warahai's mother crouched over the body of her son, covering his loins with her face and hands?
(a) She is protecting them from being disfigured by the village.
(b) She is trying to see if her son is still breathing.
(c) The Sawi believe that a soul sometimes lingers in the generative organs.
(d) She is performing "atama karun," an ancient Sawi ritual.

7. What gifts are given among the Sawi people at this first Christmas?
(a) Sago, beetle grubs and wild pork.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Dugout canoes.
(d) Gold coins.

8. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?
(a) The fact that they are illiterate.
(b) The inability of the Sawi people to understand what peace is.
(c) The possibility of tusi asonai man.
(d) The belief of the Sawi people in demons.

9. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?
(a) The Sawi are fighting the Tuan.
(b) The Kayangar and the Sawi are in battle.
(c) The Kamur and Haenam villages are in battle.
(d) The Harasiomi and the Kaondahari are fighting.

10. What does Don Richardson respect about the Sawi men?
(a) He does not respect anything about the Sawi men.
(b) They are accomplished naturalists and have great courage and survival skills.
(c) They are excellent writers and have captured their history in many books.
(d) They are well traveled and have been all over the world.

11. Who is willing to give up his only son?
(a) Kaiyo.
(b) Richardson.
(c) Hato.
(d) Mahean.

12. What ritual does "Eyes Red with Watching" in chapter 23 describe?
(a) The Sawi ritual of grief and veneration.
(b) The Sawi ritual of new birth.
(c) The Sawi ritual of baptism.
(d) The Sawi ritual of sleeplessness.

13. What does Hato say about God?
(a) "God must not care for us if such things happen."
(b) "God must have been sad just like me."
(c) "God must be very, very far away."
(d) "God does not know what he is doing."

14. What does "gefam ason" mean?
(a) Paddling through the storm.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) Tasting nothing.
(d) Touching the stench.

15. What vision does Aham have which convinces the Sawi villagers that there is no hope for Warahai?
(a) A vision of a spirit which ambushes Warahai's soul and eats it.
(b) A vision of Warahai speaking to her from the other side.
(c) A vision of a great tall Walahari bird which tells her to let go of Warahai.
(d) A vision of a spirit flock which cover the village as they fly over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fourth level of despair?

2. What insult is hurtled at a Haenam youth which almost starts a serious battle?

3. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?

4. What is Aham's role in the village?

5. Who is the first patriarch in the Sawi tribe to convert to Christianity?

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