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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?
(a) The warriors are about to attack.
(b) All is lost and there is no hope left.
(c) Dinner is ready.
(d) The group is full of ecstatic joy.

2. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Sago flour.
(b) Whole wheat flour.
(c) Bamboo fiber flour.
(d) Rice flour.

3. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?
(a) It signals that the drums should begin.
(b) It signals that the children should ask for food and water.
(c) It signals that everyone should go home.
(d) It signals that the Richardsons should be attacked and brought down.

4. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(b) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(c) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.
(d) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.

5. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?
(a) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(b) For the village to nominate him chief.
(c) For God to send him inspiration so that he can name his child.
(d) For the rains to come and water his crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?

2. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?

3. What does Richardson like about the possibility of building on the kidari?

4. Who is waiting at the new homesite when the Richardsons arrive?

5. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Sawi people hide in the thorn bushes when the plane comes?

2. What is Yae trying to do as he makes a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

3. Why does Yae throw water from the river into the air in order to drink it?

4. What do the elders Kigo, Hato and Numu do with the gifts they receive from the Tuans who are on the boat?

5. What are some of the fears which the Sawi people have about the Tuans?

6. What are the Sawi concerned about when Richardson takes a bath in the Kronkel river?

7. What do the Richardsons find surprising and difficult about the Sawi people?

8. Why does Wario, Mahaen's mother-in-law, agree to be part of Kani's terrible revenge plot?

9. What response does Richardson offer to those who would advocate that these remote tribes need to be left alone and not contacted?

10. What is the key concept from Christianity that the missionary family uses to teach the Sawi people another way to live?

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