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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is known about the objects Stone Age people owned?
(a) They were obsessive collectors.
(b) They owned much more stuff than people today.
(c) They did not own many things.
(d) They were constantly finding seashells that they liked.

2. Where is Ohalo?
(a) Syria.
(b) Israel.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Turkey.

3. When the author imagines peace instead of a battle, what gifts were exchanged?
(a) Fox-teeth hats.
(b) Fur slippers.
(c) Stone tools.
(d) Ivory beads.

4. How healthy were gatherers' diets?
(a) Not enough food.
(b) Varied and nutritious.
(c) Healthy, but without any variety.
(d) Varied, but without the necessary vitamins.

5. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?
(a) A horsehair brush.
(b) A stick.
(c) A particular kind of leaf.
(d) A hollow tube.

6. Why would Stone Age people not often hunt something like a mammoth or bison?
(a) For religious reasons.
(b) They did not like the taste of meat.
(c) They did not need that much food.
(d) It was difficult, dangerous, and required many people to work together.

7. What did archaeologists not find at Ohalo?
(a) A set of arrows.
(b) Stone tools.
(c) Leftover food.
(d) Bones.

8. What did people in a band likely do together?
(a) Told stories.
(b) Searched for food.
(c) Almost everything.
(d) Cooked and ate.

9. When was Lascaux Cave discovered?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1708.

10. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?
(a) The elephant who hunts in the dark.
(b) The elephant who always walks alone.
(c) The elephant who bellows loudly.
(d) The elephant who lives by the river.

11. What would gatherers do if disease destroyed the local rabbit population?
(a) Face starvation.
(b) Look for a different food source like berries or fish.
(c) Wait for the rabbits to return.
(d) Research a cure for the disease.

12. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?
(a) None.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

13. How long was a good gatherer's workday?
(a) All day.
(b) 6-8 hours.
(c) 3-4 hours.
(d) 5-6 hours.

14. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?
(a) Thomas Biggio.
(b) Simon Chapman.
(c) Michael Collins.
(d) Maurice Richard.

15. What did archaeologists find at Le Rozel on the Atlantic coast of France?
(a) A cluster of huts.
(b) A painting of a cat.
(c) A warship.
(d) More than 250 footprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roughly when were the Vedas composed?

2. Where did Stone Age bands tend to llive?

3. What have archaeologists found around the remains of ancient campfires?

4. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?

5. What happened to the Ohalo huts?

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