1. How do Don and Carol Richardson travel to New Guinea in 1962?
(a) They drive from Canada to Mexico, take a small yacht across the Pacific Ocean and land in New Guinea.
(b) They fly from New York City on the Concorde and then drive into the Sawi territory.
(c) They fly to Russia and then to Zurich and then to Australia and finally take a sailboat up to New Guinea.
(d) They sail from Vancouver on the ship "Oriana" and then fly into the interior.

2. What do the Sawi assume when they hear that the Tuans are almost all men?
(a) Tuans live forever and therefore do not need offspring.
(b) Tuans kill and eat their women.
(c) Tuans are supernatural and do not need to procreate.
(d) The men must fight to obtain wives since there are so few women.

3. In the Sawi language, how many tenses does each verb have?
(a) Each verb has 19 tenses.
(b) Each verb has only 1 tense.
(c) Each verb has 103 tenses.
(d) Each verb has 3 tenses.

4. Mahean is the first to step forward to try to carry out the peace child ritual. What stops him?
(a) A shower of arrows stops him.
(b) His wife, Syado, takes her child and runs back to the tribe.
(c) His conscience gets the better of him.
(d) The child on his back weeps and wails until Mahean gives up.

5. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?
(a) Yes, they line their canoes with 40 palmwood bows and hundreds of arrows.
(b) No, it is forbidden to take any weapon on the river; the spirit gods will be angry.
(c) No, they are not worried about attack because they have supplies to trade.
(d) Yes, they take plenty of guns and ammunition to guard their goods.