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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would ancient humans have first gotten meat to eat?
(a) They built complicated traps that their prey fell into.
(b) They hunted from the backs of horses.
(c) They waited until the lions and hyenas were done and ate the scraps.
(d) They set fire to bushes and ate any animals killed by the fire.

2. What did archaeologists find in Stadel Cave?
(a) A statue of a human with a bird's head.
(b) A painting of a bison chasing a human.
(c) A statue of a human with a lion's head.
(d) A human finger.

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

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

5. What is useful about storytelling?
(a) If thousands believe the same story, they will follow the same rules and goals.
(b) It helps pass the time in camp at night.
(c) It is good for remembering one's ancestors.
(d) It is a useful way of passing along lessons.

6. When was the catastrophe that killed the Floresians, Neanderthals, and Denisovans?
(a) 5,000 years ago.
(b) 100,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 10,000 years ago.

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

8. What is an important thing to say in scientific studies?
(a) "Nothing can be proven for sure."
(b) "I don't know."
(c) "The mango cannot be improved."
(d) "This is easy."

9. 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.

10. What did the lawyer need to do before telling the story of the McDonald's Corporation?
(a) Tell everyone they were about to tell a story.
(b) Hold the talking stick.
(c) Stand on the important spot on the floor.
(d) Put on their special ceremonial robes.

11. What country's kings does the author talk about?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Portugal.

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

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

14. What did people do when they stopped believing in the stories of the king and the special oil?
(a) They thought it would be good to still have a king anyways.
(b) They became angry and killed the king.
(c) They asked for there to be a vote.
(d) They stole the bottle of special oil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the author use as an example?

2. What two methods were used to start fires?

3. What is the most powerful animal in the world?

4. What "only gets hungrier" the more it eats (6)?

5. What are archaeologists?

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