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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name Ebu Gogo mean?
(a) Water Under Sky.
(b) Water Cracks Rock.
(c) Giant Hunter.
(d) Grandma Eats All.

2. What athletes does the author mention people watching on TV?
(a) Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu.
(b) Fernando Tatis and Kylian Mbappé
(c) Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe.
(d) Terence Crawford and Claressa Shields.

3. What is god's messenger that carries the gift for the king?
(a) A sheep.
(b) An angel.
(c) A dove.
(d) A warrior.

4. Who opened the first McDonald's?
(a) Richard and Maurice McDonald.
(b) Ella and Louis McDonald.
(c) Richard Tesla.
(d) Teoscar and Alejandro McDonald.

5. What did humans need before they cooked food?
(a) Plates.
(b) Patience.
(c) Salt and sugar.
(d) Sharp cutlery.

6. About how many people work for McDonald's?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 520,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 120,000.

7. What kind of bears live in Romania?
(a) Panda bears.
(b) Polar bears.
(c) Brown bears.
(d) Sun bears.

8. What story allows humans to cooperate on large projects and trade with strangers?
(a) The story of roads.
(b) The story of countries.
(c) The story of money.
(d) The story of banks.

9. Of which of these is there just one kind all over the world?
(a) Humans.
(b) Bears.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Ants.

10. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1959.

11. What story do the French people follow today?
(a) The story of the emperor.
(b) The story of the president.
(c) The story of the little prince.
(d) The story of the prime minister.

12. About how much money does McDonald's earn every year?
(a) $6 billion.
(b) $600 billion.
(c) $6 million.
(d) $1.6 billion.

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

14. What language did the lawyer tell their story in?
(a) English.
(b) Legalese.
(c) Czech.
(d) Ancient Greek.

15. Where is Neander Valley?
(a) Israel.
(b) Canada.
(c) Germany.
(d) Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sapiens start telling stories?

2. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?

3. Where do cleaner fish get their food?

4. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?

5. What example does the author not give when talking about how adults are persuaded by stories?

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