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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 expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?
(a) Forming friendships with the purpose of betrayal, murder and cannibalism.
(b) Preparing young men for battle with many feasts.
(c) Raising beef cattle in jungle areas using grain and vegetables.
(d) Raising poultry in a kind and humane way.

2. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?
(a) She doesn't want anyone else to use it.
(b) She is angry at him for going to Haenam.
(c) She is mad with grief.
(d) She believes Yae's spirit will need the ax in the world of the dead.

3. 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) Once.
(b) 39 times.
(c) 80 times.
(d) Four times

4. 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.

5. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?
(a) The women and children of the Haenam village.
(b) The dogs of the village.
(c) He dies of starvation.
(d) His mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What principle does Don Richardson believe God gives him to offer the tribal people?

2. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?

3. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?

4. What is Carol Richardson feeling as she steps onto the bank of her new home?

5. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kauwan display "saravon," a customary display of force, and why does he do this when Yae arrives at the village of Haenam?

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

4. What does the chapter title mean?

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

6. How is the boar killed?

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

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

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

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

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