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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 old is Don Richardson when he first felt a spiritual call to serve God as a missionary?
(a) 39.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 65.

2. What do the Sawi people believe airplanes are?
(a) Supernatural creatures.
(b) Chariots of the gods.
(c) River spirits.
(d) German bomber planes.

3. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Pudding made from a bear liver.
(b) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(c) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.
(d) Freshly toasted sago grubs.

4. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?
(a) Not directly, but they encourage murder and would participate in clubbing to death wounded victims.
(b) Yes, they often lead the charge to the offending village.
(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.

5. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?
(a) The principle of cause and effect.
(b) The principle of redemption.
(c) The principle of capitalism.
(d) The principle of original sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?

2. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?

3. How does Richardson deal with the Kayagar chief, Yae, when the chief begins to speak loudly?

4. What is the ancient Sawi custom of "waness"?

5. What is the primary redemptive analogy which Richardson uses to reach the tribal people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the boar killed?

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

3. Why do the Sawi people see Kani and Mahean as the epitome of manhood?

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

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

6. What does Richardson believe is unavoidable in modern life?

7. What tools appears in Chapter 12, Patriarch of the Tumdu, which are new to Sawi culture?

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

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

10. What is Carol Richardson's reaction to the sight of 200 armed warriors and the women and children standing massed, awaiting their arrival?

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