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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 life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?
(a) Elephants, giraffes, picolos, vultures, eagles and griffins.
(b) Mosquitoes, cockroaches, crickets, flies, rats, lizards, bats and birds.
(c) Worms, pythons, crocodiles, lions, jungle bears and hippos.
(d) Dogs, cats, parakeets, goats, cows, chickens and ducks.

2. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?
(a) The fact that they are illiterate.
(b) The belief of the Sawi people in demons.
(c) The possibility of tusi asonai man.
(d) The inability of the Sawi people to understand what peace is.

3. Why does Amio want Hurip to die?
(a) Hurip is his father's uncle and not to be trusted.
(b) Hurip tried to kill Amio earlier in the day.
(c) Hurip killed the peace child which Hato, Amio's father, gave to the Kayagar.
(d) Hurip owes Amio much money and will not pay.

4. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One.
(d) One hundred.

5. What is the fourth level of despair?
(a) Throwing oneself, briefly, upon the death bonfire.
(b) Throwing oneself into the grave with the dead body.
(c) Sinking the dead person's body into the Kronkel river.
(d) Eating food with the hand that had been plunged into the dead person's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the Sawi men believe their children are strong?

2. What does "gefam ason" mean?

3. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?

4. What is Aham's role in the village?

5. Who comes in a dugout to help the stranded party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

4. What happens when the Richardson family and their Sawi friends capsized in the dugout?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is "aumamay"?

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