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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who opened the first McDonald's?
(a) Teoscar and Alejandro McDonald.
(b) Richard and Maurice McDonald.
(c) Ella and Louis McDonald.
(d) Richard Tesla.

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

6. Three hundred years ago, what work did most people do?
(a) Construction.
(b) Farming.
(c) Delivery.
(d) Hunting.

7. What special talent do woodpeckers have?
(a) Digging grubs from tree trunks.
(b) Flying the fastest.
(c) Gathering honey.
(d) Cracking bones.

8. What did humans need before they cooked food?
(a) Patience.
(b) Salt and sugar.
(c) Plates.
(d) Sharp cutlery.

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

10. Which of the following is not a group of harvester ants?
(a) Foragers.
(b) Climbers.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Nurses.

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

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

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

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

15. Which fox is the most successful hunter?
(a) The smartest one.
(b) The fastest one.
(c) The loudest one.
(d) The strongest one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "one of the most interesting games grown-ups play" (54)?

3. How many people do most humans really know?

4. What does Tina say when her dad asks who got mud on the floor?

5. What are the ancient humans who lived in Indonesia called?

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