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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 fish gutting machine.
(b) A steel knife and steel machete.
(c) A steel hammer and saw.
(d) A radio and camera.

2. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?
(a) The Kayagar men are afraid of the Sawi and think that Richardson will be killed.
(b) The Kayagar people don't want to paddle all the way down the river.
(c) The Kayagar village of Amyam is better at building houses than the Sawi.
(d) The village of Amyam is desperate to have a Tuan live with them.

3. What is "saravon"?
(a) A customary display of force meant to reassure guests that they are safe.
(b) A milky drink offered to the river gods every morning.
(c) The relationship between a Sawi man and his mother-in-law.
(d) A nutritious stew made of pork, sago and onions.

4. What is the Eren ceremony?
(a) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the jawbone of a freshly killed victim.
(b) A ritual in which a girl or woman is given the full status of matriarch.
(c) A ritual in which women cook pork and sago to celebrate the full moon.
(d) A ceremony in which a man and woman adopt orphaned children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

2. What does the Sawi expression "hahap kaman" mean?

3. What year do the Richardsons go to New Guinea?

4. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?

5. What do the Sawi warriors bring on their first trading mission to Pirimapun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the sound of the diesel boat engines so frightening?

4. Why was Yae so confident and relaxed on this visit to the Haenam village?

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

6. What about the jungle frightens Don Richardson?

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

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

9. What does the chapter title mean?

10. What does the village of Mauro look like?

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