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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (XIV - 34).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Floresians evolve to be smaller?
(a) Larger predators.
(b) Smaller caves.
(c) A lack of food.
(d) The climate.

2. Which of these is a "memory from millions of years ago" (4)?
(a) Wanting to steal your neighbor's lunch.
(b) Waking up in the night, frightened of a monster under the bed.
(c) Eating a giraffe.
(d) Dreaming of riding dinosaurs into the lake.

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

4. What were animals most afraid of?
(a) Fire.
(b) Lions.
(c) The dark.
(d) Humans.

5. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?
(a) Mus musculus.
(b) Felis catus.
(c) Homo floresiensis.
(d) Homo neanderthalensis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the catastrophe that killed the other types of human?

2. How would ancient humans have first gotten meat to eat?

3. What language is the word "Sapien"?

4. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?

5. What two methods were used to start fires?

(see the answer key)

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