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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, The Living Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two pillars Richardson refers to?
(a) The pillars of wealth and fame.
(b) The pillar of treacherous violence and the pillar of the peace child.
(c) The center two pillars which support the manhouse.
(d) The pillars of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

2. What is the primary redemptive analogy which Richardson uses to reach the tribal people?
(a) The tribal ritual of marriage.
(b) The tribal ritual of "fattening for slaughter."
(c) The tribal ritual of a "peace child."
(d) The tribal ritual of Jesus and the disciples.

3. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A mother and her grandmother.
(b) A man and his mother-in-law.
(c) A man and his wife.
(d) Brother to brother.

4. What is Aham's role in the village?
(a) She is a herbalist.
(b) She is a naturopath.
(c) She is the leader of the women.
(d) She is a sorceresses who has visions of spiritual events.

5. What event shatters the air of tension between the tribes on the first day of building?
(a) A boat from John McCain arrives
(b) Richardson begins to rail and rage at both tribes.
(c) A storm suddenly appears and lightning strikes the building.
(d) The Missionary Aviation Fellowship plane arrives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Are the Sawi women involved in head hunting?

2. What do the women do during battle?

3. What does Richardson believe is stopping the Sawi people from following the Christian path?

4. What does "Kanggime" mean in the language Dani?

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

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