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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. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?
(a) Because they are lying to get attention.
(b) Because Richardsons tell the boys this to frighten them.
(c) Because their macaroni supper looks like brains.
(d) Because the Richardsons frighten them.

2. What do the Sawi people build for a dead person?
(a) A sarcophagus.
(b) A raft to send them down the river.
(c) A stone covered dugout which will sink to the bottom of the Kronkel.
(d) A gravehouse above ground.

3. In the story about Jesus, who do the Sawi admire?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Judas.
(d) Jesus.

4. How does Mavo respond to the protection and kindness which Richardson shows to him?
(a) Mavo leaves the area and travels to the nearest Dutch government outpost.
(b) Mavo promises he will follow the Richardsons anywhere.
(c) Mavo gives Richardson one of his own children.
(d) Mavo converts to Christianity that evening.

5. Which two village groups need to make peace?
(a) Haenam and Kamur.
(b) Olada and Naydu.
(c) Kayagar and Atum.
(d) Pirapum and Plactoman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amio want Hurip to die?

2. How many people can be seated at a worship service inside the new Sawidome?

3. What is Don Richardson most shocked to discover about the Sawi people?

4. What is the name of Don and Carol Richardson's second child?

5. Why is Hato so filled with grief?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. A Sawi woman dies in childbirth along with the twins that she gives birth to. What do the Sawi believe about twins?

3. Why does Carol's warm wash water have black specks in it?

4. What is the Sawidome?

5. What do the Richardsons conclude about the ongoing violence which they face amid the combined Sawi village communities?

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

7. What are the four levels of despair in the Sawi ritual of "gefam asan"?

8. Who is Biakadon?

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

10. What have the Sawi built in the time after modern life and Christianity have come to them?

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