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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (112-142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?
(a) A particular kind of leaf.
(b) A stick.
(c) A hollow tube.
(d) A horsehair brush.

2. Three hundred years ago, what work did most people do?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Delivery.
(c) Farming.
(d) Construction.

3. How old were the boys found at Sunghir?
(a) 15 and 16.
(b) 3 and 8.
(c) 9 and 12.
(d) 7 and 13.

4. What does the author imagine a woman screaming when she saw "strange humans in the valley below" (138)?
(a) Monsters! Monsters!
(b) Run away!
(c) Help, the enemy is here!
(d) Neanderthals!

5. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Caves.
(c) European forests.
(d) Jungles and deserts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?

2. What did archaeologists find in Stadel Cave?

3. How old is the Stone Age evidence at Le Rozel?

4. What country is Sunghir in?

5. What athletes does the author mention people watching on TV?

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