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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (35 - 74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tina say when her dad asks who got mud on the floor?
(a) It wasn't me. It was the Tina Corporation.
(b) I'll clean it up right away.
(c) It was my brother.
(d) An alien did it.

2. What happened when the oil ran out?
(a) It never did.
(b) They stopped using it.
(c) God sent a new bottle.
(d) They bought another bottle.

3. What story does the author use as an example?
(a) The First Human.
(b) The Reason for Water.
(c) The Great Lion Spirit.
(d) The Gorilla in the Sky.

4. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?
(a) Pack wolves.
(b) Social insects.
(c) Schools of sharks.
(d) Mice.

5. When did Sapiens start telling stories?
(a) 33,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) 25,000 years ago.
(d) Very long ago, when other humans still lived on Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "one of the most interesting games grown-ups play" (54)?

2. What story allows humans to cooperate on large projects and trade with strangers?

3. In the story, what does god send down for the king?

4. As human brains grew, what shrunk?

5. Who does the author not say helped Armstrong get to space?

(see the answer key)

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