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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (75-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "one of the most interesting games grown-ups play" (54)?
(a) Corporation.
(b) Law.
(c) Bank.
(d) Real estate.

2. How did the Ohalo site survive to be studied?
(a) It was in a desert where it never rained.
(b) It was incredibly well made.
(c) It was built in a cave.
(d) It was preserved by hardened mud.

3. What did Stone Age people use to eat?
(a) They used chopsticks.
(b) They used a knife and fork.
(c) They ate with their hands.
(d) They only used sporks.

4. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?
(a) An ancient finger bone.
(b) A collection of ivory beads.
(c) A burial site.
(d) A painting of a buffalo.

5. What example does the author not give when talking about how adults are persuaded by stories?
(a) People not eating certain foods because they think a god told them not to.
(b) People fighting other people because they think a god told them to.
(c) People competing in sports that they think a god wants them to win.
(d) People wearing hats because they think a god likes those hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "only gets hungrier" the more it eats (6)?

2. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?

3. What was a standard Stone Age family unit?

4. Where is Ohalo?

5. What is useful about storytelling?

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