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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, My Liver Trembles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the Sawi villagers constructed around the Richardson home?
(a) Tatious, boat docks.
(b) Satanoun, battle structures.
(c) Saurai, temporary homes.
(d) Nadous, long fireplaces for cooking.

2. Why is it so important to Richardson that the patriarchs, the older men, convert to Christianity?
(a) Because the patriarchs can read and write and will spread the gospel.
(b) Because the patriarchs of the tribe hold much influence over the rest of the people.
(c) Because the patriarchs control all the money.
(d) Because Richardson believes only men can lead spiritually.

3. When Don Richardson first goes to work with the Sawi people, what foreign nation had claimed that area as its own?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) The Australians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Americans.

4. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?
(a) "Es! That's enough!"
(b) "Get out of my front yard!"
(c) "No more steel tools unless you stop!"
(d) "There is another way!"

5. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?
(a) Land without time.
(b) Waiting until the sun comes up.
(c) The place of death.
(d) Mission State.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?

3. What do the women do during battle?

4. What does the word "navo" mean in Sawi?

5. How old is Don Richardson when he first felt a spiritual call to serve God as a missionary?

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