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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. What is Aham's role in the village?

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

3. What is the fourth level of despair?

4. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?

5. What do the Sawi people build for a dead person?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is the arrival of Hurip, the injured Kayagar, such a challenge?

7. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

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

10. What is "aumamay"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peace Child is what Richardson calls a "redemptive analogy." What does he mean by this? What is the redemptive story that Richardson is trying to teach them and why does the Sawi ritual of the Peace Child provide a connection? What does the peace child represent for the Sawi people? For Richardson?

Essay Topic 2

Richardson has a theory that the distance between the Sawi culture and his own can be bridged if he can find an analogy between the two. What is a cultural analogy? What is the bridge that Richardson finds? How does he recognize it?

Essay Topic 3

The world of the Sawi people is very complex and based upon survival needs and a strong structure of family and tribal identity. Write an essay describing some aspect of the complexity that underlies what might seem like a simple hunter/gatherer society. For instance, Richardson finds that the language itself is very sophisticated and nuanced. The system of protection that family ties offer, for instance mother-in-law bonds, is both unique and imaginative. There is symbolism in the clothing, jewelry, and other items that the tribespeople own. Chose some aspect of the Sawi culture and show how there is an underlying sophistication to what might seem "primitive."

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