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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the high pitched command signal should happen?
(a) It signals that the drums should begin.
(b) It signals that everyone should go home.
(c) It signals that the Richardsons should be attacked and brought down.
(d) It signals that the children should ask for food and water.

2. What is the only safe way for a Sawi person to drink water from the river?
(a) The river water must never be drunk. It is full of germs.
(b) To put one's head underwater completely and drink.
(c) To toss each scoop of water in the air and catch it in one's mouth.
(d) To drink it with a straw-like tool made of sago leaves.

3. Where is Yae sitting at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Yae is sitting in his treehouse, forty feet above the Kronkel river.
(b) Yae is sitting in the hospital where his wife is dying in childbirth.
(c) Yae is sitting in a plane which is on its way to Istanbul.
(d) Yae is sitting by the man-made pool in his backyard.

4. What does "Tuwi asonai makaerin" mean?
(a) To fatten with friendship.
(b) To leave a little on one's plate.
(c) To bow with deep respect to ones mother in law.
(d) To give a child in exchange for goods and services.

5. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?
(a) Yae climbs down a long, vine-fastened ladder.
(b) Yae jumps into a soft pile of leaves.
(c) Yae swings from vines to a nearby tree and then jumps down.
(d) Yae travels from treetop to treetop, rarely touching the ground.

6. Who is building Richardson's house?
(a) Richardson builds the home by himself.
(b) Richardson brings in missionaries from all over New Guinea to build.
(c) Kayagar, Atohwaem and Sawi tribes, along with Richardson and McCain build the home.
(d) The Sawi women are the builders of Richardson's home.

7. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
(a) Because it is forbidden for them to hear the sound of a skull breaking open.
(b) Because only the older men are cannibals in the Sawi tribe.
(c) Because they all had to go and swim in the river until nightfall.
(d) Because they are not allowed to eat brains.

8. How many tribes are in the area of New Guinea?
(a) An estimated four hundred.
(b) Five distinct tribes and ten which could not be classified.
(c) Only one.
(d) Fifteen distinct tribes.

9. What does the tribe think of treachery and violence?
(a) They don't understand it at all.
(b) They have never heard of treachery and violence.
(c) They honor it as a legendary activity.
(d) They are horrified by the concepts and live only peaceful quiet lives.

10. A typical stone axe would be swung 40 times to fell a tree. How many times does Hurip have to swing his steel axe to cut down the tree?
(a) 39 times.
(b) 80 times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times

11. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?
(a) Necklaces made of brightly colored beads.
(b) A bible, radio and a flashlight.
(c) Matches, razorblades and fishing equipment.
(d) Pens, paper and stamps.

12. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?
(a) The Soweto tribe.
(b) The South End tribe.
(c) The Sawi tribe.
(d) The Sowanda tribe.

13. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?
(a) A gun and sword.
(b) A peace child.
(c) His own wife.
(d) A thousand dollars.

14. How does Richardson deal with the Kayagar chief, Yae, when the chief begins to speak loudly?
(a) Richardson puts his hand on Yae's shoulder and speaks English in a soothing tone.
(b) Richardson gets on his knees and prays loudly for peace.
(c) Richardson hits Yae very hard with a pile driver.
(d) Richardson gets the Sawi chief to fight Yae.

15. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?
(a) Forty-five piers are placed.
(b) Sixteen piers are placed.
(c) Two piers are placed.
(d) There are no piers; it is a small platform that the trailer sat on.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does the patriarch of Tumdu have?

2. Where is Netherlands New Guinea, or Irian Jaya as it is later called, located in relation to Australia?

3. What does Richardson build his home with?

4. What does the expression "to fatten with friendship for the slaughter" mean?

5. Why are the Kayagar men upset with Richardson when he announces his intention to build a home in Sawi territory?

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