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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 special talent do woodpeckers have?
(a) Gathering honey.
(b) Flying the fastest.
(c) Digging grubs from tree trunks.
(d) Cracking bones.

2. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?
(a) About a week.
(b) A minute.
(c) 5 seconds.
(d) Half an hour.

3. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?
(a) They were faster.
(b) They did not need as much food.
(c) They were stronger.
(d) They had a superpower.

4. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What superpower do humans have?

2. Who discovered Lascaux Cave?

3. Why would Stone Age people not often hunt something like a mammoth or bison?

4. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?

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

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