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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might human ancestors have cracked open a bone?
(a) To feed the pieces to their cat.
(b) To use the bone dust in making soap.
(c) To eat the juicy stuff inside.
(d) To make a pen.

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

3. Where do cleaner fish get their food?
(a) From between shark teeth.
(b) From their prey, the tuna.
(c) From the grubs in tree trunks.
(d) From discarded crab shells.

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

5. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?
(a) They cannot all tell stories.
(b) They believe less useful stories.
(c) They never change the way they cooperate.
(d) Their stories make them greedy.

6. What is the cell's "instruction book" (20)?
(a) DNA.
(b) TNT.
(c) Tablet.
(d) Jeans.

7. What does "Homo sapien" mean?
(a) Wise human.
(b) Same human.
(c) Ancient human.
(d) Human from Hom Valley.

8. What could ancient Sapiens use to frighten away large animals?
(a) Fire.
(b) Stone walls.
(c) Drums.
(d) Sticks.

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

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

11. How can it be know that some people have Neanderthal ancestors?
(a) By studying their DNA.
(b) They have especially large brains.
(c) They are unusually good at swimming.
(d) You can tell by looking at them.

12. What are archaeologists?
(a) Scientists who dig up clues to the past.
(b) People who study spiders.
(c) An ancient kind of human.
(d) Powerful sky wizards.

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

14. What was the catastrophe that killed the other types of human?
(a) An asteroid from space.
(b) A volcanic erruption.
(c) The spread of Sapiens.
(d) A terrible disease.

15. What example does the author not give when talking about how adults are persuaded by stories?
(a) People wearing hats because they think a god likes those hats.
(b) People not eating certain foods because they think a god told them not to.
(c) People fighting other people because they think a god told them to.
(d) People competing in sports that they think a god wants them to win.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sapiens start telling stories?

2. What did the lawyer need to do before telling the story of the McDonald's Corporation?

3. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?

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

5. Three hundred years ago, what work did most people do?

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