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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "aumamay"?
(a) The Sawi believe it is a state of spiritual confusion.
(b) The Sawi believe it is "apparent life" when the body still lives but the soul is gone.
(c) The Sawi believe it is the only way to go to heaven.
(d) The Sawi believe it is the power of the River God Tatau visited upon the living.

2. What life forms must the Richardson family learn to live with inside their new home?
(a) Dogs, cats, parakeets, goats, cows, chickens and ducks.
(b) Mosquitoes, cockroaches, crickets, flies, rats, lizards, bats and birds.
(c) Worms, pythons, crocodiles, lions, jungle bears and hippos.
(d) Elephants, giraffes, picolos, vultures, eagles and griffins.

3. Who is willing to give up his only son?
(a) Hato.
(b) Kaiyo.
(c) Mahean.
(d) Richardson.

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

5. In 1963 who does the Dutch government begin to give control of the Netherlands New Guinea to?
(a) Through the League of Nations they give control to the United States.
(b) Through the World Court they give control to Australia.
(c) Through the United Nations they transfer control to Indonesian sovereignty.
(d) Through the Geneva Accord they give control to the Sawi.

6. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?
(a) The weather is very calm.
(b) The river is full of fish.
(c) The peace child exchange between two villages.
(d) The Tuans give many gifts.

7. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?
(a) Cold nights.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Shocking truth.

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

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

10. What fruits and flowers do the missionaries introduce to the Sawi?
(a) Pineapple, coconut palms, lemon trees and hibiscus.
(b) Watermelon, oranges and grapefruit.
(c) Apple trees, green beans, potatoes and tomatoes.
(d) Peaches, sago and apricots.

11. Who is the woman, once beautiful, now covered in mud, weeping and wailing in grief?
(a) Wumi, mother of a peace child.
(b) Mary, mother of Jesus.
(c) Carol, Don Richardson's wife.
(d) Watiro, one of the leading women in Kamur.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the young boys spread the news that the Richardson family is eating brains?

2. What do Sawi people do if twins are born?

3. What does "gefam ason" mean?

4. What do Aham and Richardson have in common?

5. How many teachers are working in the new Sawi school?

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