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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who actually completes the murder of Yae?

2. What time of day does the Richardson family arrive at their new home?

3. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

4. How many pounds does the average wild boar weigh?

5. What does seven-month-old Stephen think of his first journey down the Kronkel river?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the young 7-month-old Stephen and the grown Sawi man Narai have in common?

2. How does Kauwan display "saravon," a customary display of force, and why does he do this when Yae arrives at the village of Haenam?

3. What kinds of weapons does Yae take on the trip?

4. Why is the sound of the diesel boat engines so frightening?

5. What is Carol Richardson's reaction to the sight of 200 armed warriors and the women and children standing massed, awaiting their arrival?

6. What does the village of Mauro look like?

7. What do the elders Kigo, Hato and Numu do with the gifts they receive from the Tuans who are on the boat?

8. Why is Narai waiting in the elephant grass, in his small dugout? What is his purpose and job to do on this auspicious day?

9. Who are the people that the author is going to work with?

10. What are the Sawi concerned about when Richardson takes a bath in the Kronkel river?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the time Richardson and his wife live with the Sawi people, change comes to both missionary and village people. Describe the change that the final chapter lays out in terms of the Sawi people. How have they been changed? What basic behaviors have been altered? How is Don Richardson different from the young man who set out from Canada on this journey?

Essay Topic 2

It takes a great deal of intelligence to survive in the jungle without modern technology. Yet we often describe cultures like the Sawi tribe as "primitive." What is the difference between the kind of intelligence it takes for a Sawi family to survive in a stone age civilization and the kind of intelligence it takes to graduate from an American university? Are there different kinds of knowledge? Is a Sawi person more observant than the typical American student or less? How would a modern American student fare if set in the jungle with stone tools? How would a Sawi person do in high school or college? Write an essay contemplating Sawi intelligence.

Essay Topic 3

Why have the Sawi people been so protected from the modern world and its technological advances? Write an essay which explores both the physical reasons (geography), lifestyle, and world view of the Sawi culture which has kept it at such a remote distance.

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