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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Other than humans, what type of animal that can cooperate in large numbers?
(a) Pack wolves.
(b) Schools of sharks.
(c) Social insects.
(d) Mice.

3. What development allowed human brains to grow?
(a) Discovering the wheel.
(b) Cooking their food.
(c) Studying math.
(d) Learning to fish.

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

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

6. What kind of bears live in Romania?
(a) Sun bears.
(b) Panda bears.
(c) Brown bears.
(d) Polar bears.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The End of Kings.
(c) The French Spring.
(d) The Great Reorganization.

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

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

15. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people work for McDonald's?

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

3. How did Sapiens overcome the other humans?

4. What is god's messenger that carries the gift for the king?

5. In the story, what does god send down for the king?

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