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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sapiens develop this ability?
(a) It is uncertain.
(b) They practised lying to their parents.
(c) They learned from Neanderthals.
(d) They learned from chimpanzees.

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

3. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?
(a) 4 and a half feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 5 feet.

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

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

6. What superpower do humans have?
(a) Mimicking older humans.
(b) Telling imaginary stories.
(c) Long distance running.
(d) Developing complex plans.

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

8. What did people not do millions of years ago?
(a) Climb trees for fruit.
(b) Cook meat.
(c) Eat worms and snails.
(d) Look for mushrooms.

9. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?
(a) Mus musculus.
(b) Felis catus.
(c) Homo floresiensis.
(d) Homo neanderthalensis.

10. What happened when the king's daughter said that she wanted to become the ruler?
(a) They found out that she was not the king's daughter.
(b) They put the oil on her head, but it did not work.
(c) They laughed and said only boys could be kings.
(d) They crowned her as their first queen.

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

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

13. Why were Sapiens more powerful than Neanderthals?
(a) They cooperated.
(b) They were taller.
(c) They had more advanced weapons.
(d) They needed less sleep.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As human brains grew, what shrunk?

2. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?

3. What language is the word "Sapien"?

4. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?

5. Who opened the first McDonald's?

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