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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chagnon quickly realizes he may have to abandon which task?
(a) Interviews.
(b) Census.
(c) Daily journal.
(d) Photo history.

2. What is the last month of the dry season?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) June.

3. Villages may be so far apart that it takes how many days to reach them on foot?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 12 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 8 days.

4. What overcomes Chagnon on the first day in the field?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Culture shock.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Dysentery.

5. Smaller tribes are referred to as:
(a) Splinters.
(b) Lesser tribes.
(c) Under tribes.
(d) Suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:

2. What is the name of Chagnon's helper?

3. Which of the following is not one of the items made by the tribe?

4. "Without tobacco" translates to the word:

5. What plays a major role in the lives of the Yanomamo?

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