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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 are the two new tools Richardson gives the men of Tumdu?
(a) A steel knife and steel machete.
(b) A steel fish gutting machine.
(c) A steel hammer and saw.
(d) A radio and camera.

2. A typical stone axe would be swung 40 times to fell a tree. How many times does Hurip have to swing his steel axe to cut down the tree?
(a) 39 times.
(b) Four times
(c) 80 times.
(d) Once.

3. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?
(a) Stephen is bored and plays with his toys, rarely looking up.
(b) Stephen is very frightened and cannot stop crying.
(c) Stephen sleeps the entire way.
(d) Stephen is full of wonder and awe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hadi so important to Don Richardson?

2. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?

3. What is "saravon"?

4. What do the Sawi warriors do when they meet Don Richardson and John McCain for the first time?

5. Where is Yae's wife, Kautap, cooking as Yae waits to go to Haenam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Narai waiting in the elephant grass, in his small dugout? What is his purpose and job to do on this auspicious day?

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 about the jungle frightens Don Richardson?

6. Why does the ecstatic Sawi communal expression of "hahap kaman" so deeply affect Richardson?

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

8. Who are the people that the author is going to work with?

9. Why does Richardson title this chapter "Baptism of Strangeness"?

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

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