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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 is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?
(a) That they eat no fruit.
(b) That they honor goodness and light.
(c) That they often get lost.
(d) That they honor cruelty.

2. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?
(a) "Get out of my front yard!"
(b) "Es! That's enough!"
(c) "No more steel tools unless you stop!"
(d) "There is another way!"

3. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?
(a) It means "you have aroused longing in me."
(b) It means "I am extremely hungry."
(c) It means "illness has struck me and I am near death."
(d) It means "the day has come for me to die."

4. What have the Sawi villagers constructed around the Richardson home?
(a) Satanoun, battle structures.
(b) Nadous, long fireplaces for cooking.
(c) Saurai, temporary homes.
(d) Tatious, boat docks.

5. Why is Hato so filled with grief?
(a) Hato had lost his parents recently.
(b) Hato had seen many of his children die of malaria.
(c) Hato had given a peace child to the Kayagar and they killed and ate the child.
(d) Hato was in grief over the loss of his place as chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richardson build after five years among the Sawi to replace his small thatchbox home?

2. What does the word "navo" mean in Sawi?

3. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?

4. Why is Warahai's mother crouched over the body of her son, covering his loins with her face and hands?

5. Why is it so difficult for the Sawi people to convert to Richardson's faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richardson see in the ritual of the Sawi peace child which gives him hope about sharing his Christian message with the villagers?

2. When Don Richardson shares the story of Jesus with the Sawi men, what is their reaction?

3. Why is the arrival of Hurip, the injured Kayagar, such a challenge?

4. Who is God's "Tarop"?

5. Who is Biakadon?

6. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

7. What does Mahaen think the underlying reason for "gefam asan" is?

8. What is "aumamay"?

9. What does Richardson promise to teach the Sawi Christians?

10. What ritual do the Sawi villagers engage in which inspires the title of this book?

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