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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does unhealthy food taste good?
(a) Humans' bodies think they are living in the Stone Age.
(b) It is high in vitamins.
(c) Human tastes have changed to like burgers.
(d) It is low in fat.

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

3. What is one piece of evidence showing cooperation between distant people?
(a) Signs of athletic competition.
(b) Seashells far from the sea.
(c) Friendship bracelets.
(d) Coins found far from where they were made.

4. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?
(a) 32,000 years old.
(b) 7,000 years old.
(c) 10,000 years old.
(d) 17,000 years old.

5. What is the word for someone who believes that animals can talk?
(a) Animist.
(b) Theist.
(c) Spiritualist.
(d) Deist.

6. Where was NASA's mission control on Earth?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Miami.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Houston.

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

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

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

10. What country is Sunghir in?
(a) Iran.
(b) Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Uzbekistan.

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

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

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

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

15. When the author imagines the rat scientists of the future, where do they find the surviving human art?
(a) Mansions.
(b) Subway stations.
(c) Art galleries.
(d) Museums.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were the boys found at Sunghir?

2. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?

3. What is painted in Lascaux Cave?

4. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?

5. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?

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