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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 reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?
(a) Richardson's son, Stephen.
(b) Isai, now a literate Sawi preacher.
(c) Yae.
(d) Carol Richardson.

2. Why is it so difficult for the Sawi people to convert to Richardson's faith?
(a) They trust the ancient Sawi culture which is all they have ever known.
(b) They have no spiritual life.
(c) They cannot speak English.
(d) They are cowards and afraid to try anything new.

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

4. What does Richardson build after five years among the Sawi to replace his small thatchbox home?
(a) A riverboat home.
(b) A three-bedroom dwelling.
(c) An underground bunker.
(d) A 14-bedroom hotel.

5. Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak?
(a) The most experienced warriors.
(b) The young teenage boys.
(c) The jesters and clowns are sent to the front to distract.
(d) The women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Warahi says when he comes out of his coma?

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

4. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?

5. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 24, what does Richardson organize and describe that would have been impossible when he first arrived?

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

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

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

8. What does Richardson see as the true battle in Chapter 13, War at my Door?

9. What is the Sawidome?

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

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