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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Armstrong say when he stepped on the moon?
(a) It's easy to step, hard to go forward.
(b) That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
(c) Today is a day that will forever be remembered.
(d) We can only put forward the foot that's on our leg.

2. How old is the Stone Age evidence at Le Rozel?
(a) 300,000 years.
(b) 80,000 years.
(c) 3,000 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

3. What did the spirits' voices whisper to the spirit doctor?
(a) War.
(b) Flee.
(c) Doom.
(d) Peace.

4. How do gibbons usually live?
(a) In large noisy communities.
(b) Mothers live with their children until the young have grown enough to leave.
(c) By themselves, rarely seeing another gibbon.
(d) In pairs, often staying together for many years and taking care of their children.

5. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) A minute.
(c) About a week.
(d) 5 seconds.

6. How much did a mammoth weigh?
(a) The same as a horse.
(b) About as much as a school bus.
(c) Roughly the same as a cruise ship.
(d) Around as much as a large car.

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

8. How long is a modern factory worker at their job for?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 16 hours.

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

10. Where did Stone Age bands tend to llive?
(a) Next to the mountain, where they could shelter in caves.
(b) Wherever there was food at that time of year.
(c) Near the forest, where they could find fuel for fire.
(d) By the river, where there would often be fish.

11. What was a standard Stone Age family unit?
(a) A woman and her children.
(b) Grandparents, parents, and children.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) Whoever wanted to stay in the hut.

12. Who would usually have been the most powerful leader of a band?
(a) The strongest warrior would take power.
(b) The oldest woman would control everything.
(c) The son of the king would have total power.
(d) A band would not usually have one powerful leader.

13. Why do people not know about specific historical events from the Stone Age?
(a) People have forgotten the stories.
(b) Nothing happened.
(c) Nobody wrote them down.
(d) Those in power destroyed the documents.

14. Where did the spacecraft land on the moon?
(a) Tranquility Base.
(b) Ocean Landing.
(c) The Bird Nest.
(d) Milton Crater.

15. What did a Stone Age gatherer do if they found ripe fruit?
(a) Pickle it for the winter.
(b) Eat as much of it as possible.
(c) Leave half of it for the next day.
(d) Eat only a little so they would not gain weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Ohalo site survive to be studied?

2. Who was the Neanderthal who survived the imagined battled?

3. How many astronauts were on board the spacecraft that landed on the moon?

4. What would gatherers do if disease destroyed the local rabbit population?

5. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?

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