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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?
(a) It means "you have aroused longing in me."
(b) It means "I am extremely hungry."
(c) It means "illness has struck me and I am near death."
(d) It means "the day has come for me to die."

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

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

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

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

7. Which two village groups need to make peace?
(a) Olada and Naydu.
(b) Pirapum and Plactoman.
(c) Kayagar and Atum.
(d) Haenam and Kamur.

8. What problems does Richardson face personally as he starts his sixth month of living with the Sawi people?
(a) Depression, Stephen's malaria, his wife's pregnancy and a general loss of hope.
(b) Monsoon rains which washed away the foundation of his home.
(c) Daily threats of violence to his family, his home being set on fire and his mother dying back in Canada.
(d) Government interference and high taxes.

9. What is the fourth level of despair?
(a) Sinking the dead person's body into the Kronkel river.
(b) Throwing oneself, briefly, upon the death bonfire.
(c) Eating food with the hand that had been plunged into the dead person's body.
(d) Throwing oneself into the grave with the dead body.

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. Where are dead bodies interred in a Sawi village?
(a) In a small, coffin-sized gravehouse, elevated five to fifteen feet above ground.
(b) Deep in the earth, directly under the family longhouse.
(c) They are sunk in the Kronkel river just downstream of the village.
(d) In a communal grave, on the edge of the village.

15. Why is Richardson shocked by the dead man Warahai's condition?
(a) Warahai has been eaten by crocodiles.
(b) Warahai has been dead many days.
(c) Warahai has been wrapped in sago leaves.
(d) Warahai is still conscious, has a faint pulse and is breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mahean is the first to step forward to try to carry out the peace child ritual. What stops him?

2. What is the name of Don and Carol Richardson's second child?

3. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?

4. Who comes in a dugout to help the stranded party?

5. Why is Beray not welcoming to the men from Wiyar?

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