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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richardson organize to celebrate his first Christmas with the Sawi?
(a) A large scale inter-village feast.
(b) A trip for his family to Australia.
(c) A Bible study for a few close Sawi friends.
(d) A huge ironwood tree covered with ornaments.

2. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?
(a) Pineapple, coconut palms, lemon trees and hibiscus.
(b) Apple trees, green beans, potatoes and tomatoes.
(c) Peaches, sago and apricots.
(d) Watermelon, oranges and grapefruit.

3. In the story about Jesus, who do the Sawi admire?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Judas.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

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

5. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?
(a) A food processor.
(b) A gas-powered washing machine.
(c) A low flying helicopter.
(d) A blender.

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

7. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?
(a) Richardson is not allowing them to carry out their death and dying rituals.
(b) Richardson is keeping the village from going on a wild boar hunt.
(c) Richardson is trying to save a bad man.
(d) Richardson is not allowing the rain gods to bring nourishment to the jungle.

8. What is "aumamay"?
(a) The Sawi believe it is the power of the River God Tatau visited upon the living.
(b) The Sawi believe it is "apparent life" when the body still lives but the soul is gone.
(c) The Sawi believe it is the only way to go to heaven.
(d) The Sawi believe it is a state of spiritual confusion.

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

10. What do the Sawi people call Jesus?
(a) Jesus the Tailor, the one who makes us new.
(b) Tahari Tamala, the spirit who rises again.
(c) Tarap Tim Kodon, the perfect peace child.
(d) Tawanda Tahoi, the one who is beyond reach.

11. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?
(a) One.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Five hundred.

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

13. What do the Sawi men build on the Kronkel river under Richardson's guidance?
(a) A 110-foot iron bridge.
(b) A breakwater barrier.
(c) A small island made of concrete.
(d) A huge raft made of ironwood poles.

14. Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief?
(a) Wumi, mother of a peace child.
(b) Carol, Don Richardson's wife.
(c) Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.
(d) Mary, mother of Jesus.

15. What does Richardson build after five years among the Sawi to replace his small thatchbox home?
(a) A riverboat home.
(b) A 14-bedroom hotel.
(c) An underground bunker.
(d) A three-bedroom dwelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Richardsons, Winifred and Mavo fall off the capsized dugout and into the Kronkel river, what happens first?

2. What does Don Richardson believe the real battle is about?

3. What is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?

4. Which two village groups need to make peace?

5. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?

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