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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. What does "gefam ason" mean?

2. Where are dead bodies interred in a Sawi village?

3. What does "Myao Kondon" mean?

4. What do the women do during battle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Biakadon?

2. In Chapter 24, what does Richardson organize and describe that would have been impossible when he first arrived?

3. A Sawi woman dies in childbirth along with the twins that she gives birth to. What do the Sawi believe about twins?

4. What have the Sawi built in the time after modern life and Christianity have come to them?

5. What ritual do the Sawi villagers engage in which inspires the title of this book?

6. What does the phrase "cool water" mean in the Sawi language?

7. What is the custom of fighting as described in Chapter 13, War at my Door?

8. When the Richardsons inform the Sawi leaders that they will be moving, what surprising response do they receive?

9. How do the Sawi people know that Warahai's soul has left his body?

10. What does Kimi come to do to Warahai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author believes that remote tribes such as the Sawi should be contacted. Why does he believe this? Is it simply for reasons of conversion? What does the author believe is inevitable for these remote people? Why does he feel justified in the being "first contact" for these ancient cultures?

Essay Topic 2

What is Don Richardson's goal in coming to live with the Sawi people? He states that he is not interested in simply signing up converts or even in teaching the next generation Christian principals and behavior. What does he want? And why?

Essay Topic 3

Richardson believes that change is inevitable for the Sawi people. How do the changes which he encouraged prepare them for the modern world that would soon descend upon them? Is there a choice for the Sawi people? Would the old ways have vanished no matter what? If a culture loses its world view and religion, does it lose its essence? Or can it retain its identity and absorb a new world view? Can the Sawi be Sawi without their religion, cannibalistic practices and headhunting?

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