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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What medicine do the Richardsons have which saves the lives of Mavu, Nair and Paha?
(a) X-rays.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Penicillin.

5. What are the relatives of Warahai doing to his body now that they believe his soul has left?
(a) Laying sago bread across his chest.
(b) Carrying him around the village on their shoulders.
(c) Burning him with coals, shouting his name and pinching him.
(d) Putting heavy stones on him in order to sink his body to the bottom of the river.

6. What does the word "navo" mean in Sawi?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Supper.
(d) Help me.

7. Who is Biakadon?
(a) The infant son of Kaiyo and Wumi.
(b) The young man who works for the Richardsons.
(c) The leader of the Kumar village.
(d) The legendary god of the sea.

8. Why does Amio want Hurip to die?
(a) Hurip is his father's uncle and not to be trusted.
(b) Hurip tried to kill Amio earlier in the day.
(c) Hurip owes Amio much money and will not pay.
(d) Hurip killed the peace child which Hato, Amio's father, gave to the Kayagar.

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

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

11. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?
(a) They both believe that Warahari is dead.
(b) They both believe in a spiritual world, and they both talk to spirit/god.
(c) They are both over 60 years of age.
(d) They have nothing in common.

12. Why is Richardson so excited about the peace child ritual?
(a) It shows the Sawi people are capable of understanding and practicing peace.
(b) He is not excited; he thinks it is all very hopeless and sad.
(c) He thinks it will make a good book.
(d) He believes that Christianity must have been introduced to the Sawi long ago.

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

14. What are the two pillars Richardson refers to?
(a) The pillar of treacherous violence and the pillar of the peace child.
(b) The pillars of the Old Testament and the New Testament.
(c) The center two pillars which support the manhouse.
(d) The pillars of wealth and fame.

15. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?
(a) Because their macaroni supper looks like brains.
(b) Because Richardsons tell the boys this to frighten them.
(c) Because the Richardsons frighten them.
(d) Because they are lying to get attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson believe is stopping the Sawi people from following the Christian path?

2. What problems does Richardson face personally as he starts his sixth month of living with the Sawi people?

3. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?

4. What two villages are fighting on the Tuan's doorstep?

5. How many pigs are being cooked on this first Christmas?

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