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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 brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?
(a) The explosion of a nuclear bomb.
(b) The song of a lark at break of day.
(c) The diesel engines of the Dutch military boats.
(d) The large migration of birds which flew overhead.

2. Why do the elders Kigo, Hatu and Numu volunteer to make contact with the Tuans?
(a) The elders are confused and don't know what they are doing.
(b) The elders are forced by their tribesmen to do this.
(c) These elders have learned some of the Auyu language and think maybe that is what the Tuans speak.
(d) The elders are near death anyway and think they have little to lose

3. What is the primary redemptive analogy which Richardson uses to reach the tribal people?
(a) The tribal ritual of a "peace child."
(b) The tribal ritual of "fattening for slaughter."
(c) The tribal ritual of marriage.
(d) The tribal ritual of Jesus and the disciples.

4. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?
(a) Two piers are placed.
(b) Sixteen piers are placed.
(c) There are no piers; it is a small platform that the trailer sat on.
(d) Forty-five piers are placed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson like about the possibility of building on the kidari?

2. What is the Ironwood Curtain?

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

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

5. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the jungle frightens Don Richardson?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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