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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. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty five.

2. What event shatters the air of tension between the tribes on the first day of building?
(a) The Missionary Aviation Fellowship plane arrives.
(b) Richardson begins to rail and rage at both tribes.
(c) A storm suddenly appears and lightning strikes the building.
(d) A boat from John McCain arrives

3. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(b) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.
(c) Yes, they are very good with spears and often had better aim than their husbands.
(d) The Sawi women are involved only if they are married.

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

5. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A man and his wife.
(b) A mother and her grandmother.
(c) Brother to brother.
(d) A man and his mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in our present world?

2. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?

3. What do the Tumdu women use as flour in their cooking?

4. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

5. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of weapons does Yae take on the trip?

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

3. What does the chapter title mean?

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

5. The Sawi people have a saying "the spirits have accepted our skin-grease in their rivers." What does this mean?

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

7. What do the young 7-month-old Stephen and the grown Sawi man Narai have in common?

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

9. For his journey to Haenam, Yae dresses in a very careful way. What are some of the underlying meanings which his clothing convey?

10. Does Ebenezer Vine promise the students fame and fortune?

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