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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richardson feel when he first shakes hands with a Sawi elder?
(a) That the Sawi are very short but quite strong.
(b) That these people are not to be trusted...ever...
(c) That the Sawi will never understand the way of the modern world.
(d) That they are equally human...flesh and blood...men.

2. What might a visitor in a Sawi village be offered as a snack?
(a) Pudding made from a bear liver.
(b) Lobster, recently cooked and dipped in butter.
(c) Freshly toasted sago grubs.
(d) Chicken pot pie with carrots and potatoes.

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

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

5. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?
(a) For the rains to come and water his crops.
(b) For the tide to turn so that he can journey more easily.
(c) For the village to nominate him chief.
(d) For God to send him inspiration so that he can name his child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tribe that Don Richardson and his wife Carol live with?

2. Who is Patches?

3. Why do the Richardsons go to live in New Guinea?

4. How many piers are driven into the jungle floor to build Richardson's house?

5. What do the Sawi assume when they hear that the Tuans are almost all men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Narai waiting in the elephant grass, in his small dugout? What is his purpose and job to do on this auspicious day?

2. Who are the people that the author is going to work with?

3. Why do the Sawi people hide in the thorn bushes when the plane comes?

4. What is Yae trying to do as he makes a journey to the nearby village of Haenam?

5. Why do the Sawi people see Kani and Mahean as the epitome of manhood?

6. What is Carol Richardson's reaction to the sight of 200 armed warriors and the women and children standing massed, awaiting their arrival?

7. Why does Wario, Mahaen's mother-in-law, agree to be part of Kani's terrible revenge plot?

8. What is Ebenezer Vine trying to accomplish with his lecture tour?

9. For his journey to Haenam, Yae dresses in a very careful way. What are some of the underlying meanings which his clothing convey?

10. What tools appears in Chapter 12, Patriarch of the Tumdu, which are new to Sawi culture?

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