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

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

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

4. What does Hurip trade to obtain his "kapak," his steel ax?
(a) One of his children.
(b) Pork, fish and stone-tipped arrows.
(c) Gold and silver.
(d) Many months of work.

5. What is Carol Richardson feeling as she steps onto the bank of her new home?
(a) Carol is hysterical with weeping.
(b) Carol is planning her escape.
(c) Carol is very angry with her husband.
(d) Carol is excited and awed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?

2. What do the Tumdu women use as flour in their cooking?

3. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

4. What is the word that Sawi greet one another with?

5. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the moment in which Yae realizes that he has been tricked?

2. What is Ebenezer Vine trying to accomplish with his lecture tour?

3. What about the jungle frightens Don Richardson?

4. Does Ebenezer Vine promise the students fame and fortune?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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