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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which animal came to Flores Island at the same time as humans?
(a) Giraffes.
(b) Bears.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Wolves.
2. What were animals most afraid of?
(a) Lions.
(b) Humans.
(c) The dark.
(d) Fire.
3. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?
(a) Schools of sharks.
(b) Mice.
(c) Social insects.
(d) Pack wolves.
4. What happened when the oil ran out?
(a) It never did.
(b) God sent a new bottle.
(c) They stopped using it.
(d) They bought another bottle.
5. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1979.
6. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?
(a) They were faster.
(b) They had a superpower.
(c) They were stronger.
(d) They did not need as much food.
7. What language did the lawyer tell their story in?
(a) Ancient Greek.
(b) English.
(c) Legalese.
(d) Czech.
8. When did Sapiens start telling stories?
(a) 33,000 years ago.
(b) 10,000 years ago.
(c) Very long ago, when other humans still lived on Earth.
(d) 25,000 years ago.
9. What story does the author use as an example?
(a) The Great Lion Spirit.
(b) The Gorilla in the Sky.
(c) The Reason for Water.
(d) The First Human.
10. As human brains grew, what shrunk?
(a) Their arms.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their stomachs.
(d) Their legs.
11. About how much money does McDonald's earn every year?
(a) $1.6 billion.
(b) $6 million.
(c) $6 billion.
(d) $600 billion.
12. How would ancient humans have first gotten meat to eat?
(a) They built complicated traps that their prey fell into.
(b) They waited until the lions and hyenas were done and ate the scraps.
(c) They set fire to bushes and ate any animals killed by the fire.
(d) They hunted from the backs of horses.
13. Why were Sapiens more powerful than Neanderthals?
(a) They cooperated.
(b) They needed less sleep.
(c) They were taller.
(d) They had more advanced weapons.
14. Who does the author not say helped Armstrong get to space?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Athletes.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Miners.
15. What is the most powerful animal in the world?
(a) Bears.
(b) Humans.
(c) Gorillas.
(d) Ants.
Short Answer Questions
1. What language is the word "Sapien"?
2. What is the cell's "instruction book" (20)?
3. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?
4. How did Sapiens develop this ability?
5. What is useful about storytelling?
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