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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As human brains grew, what shrunk?
(a) Their stomachs.
(b) Their legs.
(c) Their arms.
(d) Their hearts.

2. What were animals most afraid of?
(a) Fire.
(b) Humans.
(c) The dark.
(d) Lions.

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

4. What is a small part of a corporation that you can own called?
(a) A scoop.
(b) A share.
(c) A slice.
(d) A portion.

5. Why did Floresians evolve to be smaller?
(a) The climate.
(b) Smaller caves.
(c) A lack of food.
(d) Larger predators.

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

7. 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.

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

9. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?
(a) A painting of a buffalo.
(b) A collection of ivory beads.
(c) An ancient finger bone.
(d) A burial site.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to the author, are even more powerful storytellers than lawyers?

2. What did people not do millions of years ago?

3. Where is Flores Island?

4. How did Sapiens develop this ability?

5. What two methods were used to start fires?

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