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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 comes in a dugout to help the stranded party?

2. Near the end of the book, Richardson describes a new place where the mission plane lands. What is that place?

3. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?

4. What does "gefam ason" mean?

5. Who stands at the front of the battle, on the front line, so to speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "my liver trembles" mean in the Sawi idiom?

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

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

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

6. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

7. Who is Biakadon?

8. Who is God's "Tarop"?

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

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

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

The shift of government from the remote Dutch authorities to the more present Indonesian authorities brings tremendous change to the Sawi people. What does Richardson say about that change? How and why is that change so dramatic?

Essay Topic 3

The Sawi language is multi-layered, very complex, poetic, and sophisticated. Why would such a language arise from a culture that has no written language? Or is the fact that the Sawi do not have a written language part of the reason that the verbal language has become so sophisticated? Is their remoteness an asset in terms of language development? Has it given them time to develop a more pure and complicated way to communicate? Or is it the fact that they are such an ancient culture? Richardson struggles with understanding how such a language could come from the Sawi people. What are his thoughts and observations about the Sawi language?

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