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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Sawi what does "cool water" mean?
2. What is "aumamay"?
3. What is the third level of despair?
4. What does Hato say about God?
5. What brings a time of peace to the Sawi tribes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 24, what does Richardson organize and describe that would have been impossible when he first arrived?
2. What is the custom of fighting as described in Chapter 13, War at my Door?
3. What does Richardson see as the true battle in Chapter 13, War at my Door?
4. What ritual do the Sawi villagers engage in which inspires the title of this book?
5. What have the Sawi built in the time after modern life and Christianity have come to them?
6. When Don Richardson shares the story of Jesus with the Sawi men, what is their reaction?
7. Why does Carol's warm wash water have black specks in it?
8. What happens when the Richardson family and their Sawi friends capsized in the dugout?
9. How do the Sawi people know that Warahai's soul has left his body?
10. When the Richardsons inform the Sawi leaders that they will be moving, what surprising response do they receive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cross-cultural communication has always been part of human life. In recent times, however, with our ability to travel so easily and quickly, the mixing of cultures has become commonplace. Richardson was working with the Sawi people at a time when travel was becoming very accessible. What are the ethical issues of influencing another culture? Does Richardson have the right to intrude upon the Sawi people? Is it his responsibility to share valuable wisdom with people who have not been exposed to ideas which can bring peace and understanding in new ways?
Essay Topic 2
The Sawi language is multi-layered, very complex, poetic, and sophisticated. Why would such a language arise from a culture that has no written language? Or is the fact that the Sawi do not have a written language part of the reason that the verbal language has become so sophisticated? Is their remoteness an asset in terms of language development? Has it given them time to develop a more pure and complicated way to communicate? Or is it the fact that they are such an ancient culture? Richardson struggles with understanding how such a language could come from the Sawi people. What are his thoughts and observations about the Sawi language?
Essay Topic 3
It takes a great deal of intelligence to survive in the jungle without modern technology. Yet we often describe cultures like the Sawi tribe as "primitive." What is the difference between the kind of intelligence it takes for a Sawi family to survive in a stone age civilization and the kind of intelligence it takes to graduate from an American university? Are there different kinds of knowledge? Is a Sawi person more observant than the typical American student or less? How would a modern American student fare if set in the jungle with stone tools? How would a Sawi person do in high school or college? Write an essay contemplating Sawi intelligence.
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