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

2. Who is willing to give up his only son?

3. What is the third level of despair?

4. What does Don Richardson respect about the Sawi men?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the phrase "cool water" mean in the Sawi language?

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

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

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

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

10. Who is God's "Tarop"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cross-cultural communication has always been part of human life. In recent times, however, with our ability to travel so easily and quickly, the mixing of cultures has become commonplace. Richardson was working with the Sawi people at a time when travel was becoming very accessible. What are the ethical issues of influencing another culture? Does Richardson have the right to intrude upon the Sawi people? Is it his responsibility to share valuable wisdom with people who have not been exposed to ideas which can bring peace and understanding in new ways?

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

Every culture has rituals for the process of death, dying and grief. What specifically are the Sawi rituals for each of these stages? What beliefs are these rituals based on?

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