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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1963 who does the Dutch government begin to give control of the Netherlands New Guinea to?
(a) Through the League of Nations they give control to the United States.
(b) Through the United Nations they transfer control to Indonesian sovereignty.
(c) Through the Geneva Accord they give control to the Sawi.
(d) Through the World Court they give control to Australia.

2. Why is Beray not welcoming to the men from Wiyar?
(a) They would not let him marry into the tribe.
(b) Beray had been banished from Wiyar.
(c) They had cannibalized his father six years earlier.
(d) Beray had recently been attacked by the Wiyar men.

3. How many pigs are being cooked on this first Christmas?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five.

4. What happens to Er when he makes advances towards a girl?
(a) He is forced to marry the girl.
(b) She accuses him of terrible things and he is banished.
(c) She chases him into the river.
(d) Her male relatives shoot him with arrows.

5. What does Don Richardson believe the real battle is about?
(a) Between God and Satan.
(b) Between the savagery and the gospel of peace.
(c) Between women and men.
(d) Between the modern world and the stone age world.

6. What does Richardson believe is stopping the Sawi people from following the Christian path?
(a) Fear of unfavorable reaction from the demon world.
(b) Fear of Richardson and the Tuan people.
(c) Fear of the power of God and Jesus.
(d) Fear of being crucified like Jesus.

7. In the Sawi language, how many tenses does each verb have?
(a) Each verb has only 1 tense.
(b) Each verb has 103 tenses.
(c) Each verb has 19 tenses.
(d) Each verb has 3 tenses.

8. 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.

9. 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 believes that Christianity must have been introduced to the Sawi long ago.
(d) He thinks it will make a good book.

10. Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?
(a) Richardson's son, Stephen.
(b) Yae.
(c) Isai, now a literate Sawi preacher.
(d) Carol Richardson.

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

12. 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.

13. What have the Sawi villagers constructed around the Richardson home?
(a) Saurai, temporary homes.
(b) Satanoun, battle structures.
(c) Nadous, long fireplaces for cooking.
(d) Tatious, boat docks.

14. What is "aumamay"?
(a) The Sawi believe it is a state of spiritual confusion.
(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 the power of the River God Tatau visited upon the living.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?

2. What does Richardson organize to celebrate his first Christmas with the Sawi?

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

4. What is the third level of despair?

5. How do the Sawi prepare a body for burial?

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