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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes in a dugout to help the stranded party?
(a) The outcast of the Kamur tribe, Natato.
(b) The Dutch government authorities.
(c) Mavo's own father, Taeri, and his daughter Aray.
(d) Another Tuan missionary.

2. Who is Biakadon?
(a) The young man who works for the Richardsons.
(b) The leader of the Kumar village.
(c) The legendary god of the sea.
(d) The infant son of Kaiyo and Wumi.

3. Why is Warahai's mother crouched over the body of her son, covering his loins with her face and hands?
(a) The Sawi believe that a soul sometimes lingers in the generative organs.
(b) She is performing "atama karun," an ancient Sawi ritual.
(c) She is trying to see if her son is still breathing.
(d) She is protecting them from being disfigured by the village.

4. Why is it so difficult for the Sawi people to convert to Richardson's faith?
(a) They cannot speak English.
(b) They trust the ancient Sawi culture which is all they have ever known.
(c) They are cowards and afraid to try anything new.
(d) They have no spiritual life.

5. How many pigs are being cooked on this first Christmas?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Five hundred.

6. What does "my liver trembles" refer to?
(a) It means "you have aroused longing in me."
(b) It means "I am extremely hungry."
(c) It means "illness has struck me and I am near death."
(d) It means "the day has come for me to die."

7. What does Don Richardson respect about the Sawi men?
(a) He does not respect anything about the Sawi men.
(b) They are accomplished naturalists and have great courage and survival skills.
(c) They are excellent writers and have captured their history in many books.
(d) They are well traveled and have been all over the world.

8. What does "Myao Kondon" mean?
(a) The thousand lakes and rivers.
(b) The big tree just beyond view.
(c) The end of the end.
(d) The greatest Spirit.

9. What do the Sawi people call Jesus?
(a) Tarap Tim Kodon, the perfect peace child.
(b) Jesus the Tailor, the one who makes us new.
(c) Tahari Tamala, the spirit who rises again.
(d) Tawanda Tahoi, the one who is beyond reach.

10. How does the author describe a Sawi manhouse?
(a) As a rundown, smoke-filled, unhealthy gathering place.
(b) As a library and movie theatre in the Sawi village.
(c) As the Parthenon of Sawi culture.
(d) As a den of inequity.

11. Which two village groups need to make peace?
(a) Pirapum and Plactoman.
(b) Haenam and Kamur.
(c) Kayagar and Atum.
(d) Olada and Naydu.

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

13. What ritual does "Eyes Red with Watching" in chapter 23 describe?
(a) The Sawi ritual of sleeplessness.
(b) The Sawi ritual of baptism.
(c) The Sawi ritual of new birth.
(d) The Sawi ritual of grief and veneration.

14. What machine does the Richardson family have that is very mysterious to the Sawi people?
(a) A food processor.
(b) A gas-powered washing machine.
(c) A low flying helicopter.
(d) A blender.

15. What does Richardson believe keeps true peace from existing among Sawi people?
(a) The possibility of tusi asonai man.
(b) The fact that they are illiterate.
(c) The inability of the Sawi people to understand what peace is.
(d) The belief of the Sawi people in demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it so important to Richardson that the patriarchs, the older men, convert to Christianity?

2. What gifts are given among the Sawi people at this first Christmas?

3. What is Aham's role in the village?

4. What does Don Richardson say to the battling warriors?

5. Who reads the Christmas scripture at the worship service?

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