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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. Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief?
(a) Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.
(b) Wumi, mother of a peace child.
(c) Mary, mother of Jesus.
(d) Carol, Don Richardson's wife.

2. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?
(a) Shocking truth.
(b) Peace.
(c) Cold nights.
(d) Sadness.

3. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?
(a) They both believe that Warahari is dead.
(b) They are both over 60 years of age.
(c) They both believe in a spiritual world, and they both talk to spirit/god.
(d) They have nothing in common.

4. Who is the first patriarch in the Sawi tribe to convert to Christianity?
(a) Richardson.
(b) Mavo.
(c) Hato.
(d) Stephen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?

2. What is "aumamay"?

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

4. What does Hato say about God?

5. Why are the Sawi people so upset with Don Richardson over his actions with Warahai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Richardson about the Sawi language?

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

3. What is the Sawidome?

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

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

6. Who is God's "Tarop"?

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

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

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

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

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