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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 the name of Don and Carol Richardson's second child?
(a) Moses James.
(b) Luke Andrew.
(c) Shannon Douglas.
(d) Donald Paul.

2. What is the first level of despair?
(a) Tearing one's clothing and covering oneself in ashes.
(b) Hiking three miles to a nearby death camp.
(c) Waiting for nine days and nights as the body decomposes in the grave house.
(d) Sleeping with the body of the person who has died.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is willing to give up his only son?

2. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?

3. What ritual does "Eyes Red with Watching" in chapter 23 describe?

4. What do the women do during battle?

5. Who is Biakadon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Sawi people know that Warahai's soul has left his body?

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

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

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

5. In May of 1963 what happened to the government of New Guinea?

6. When the Richardsons inform the Sawi leaders that they will be moving, what surprising response do they receive?

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

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

9. What is the custom of fighting as described in Chapter 13, War at my Door?

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

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