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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do cleaner fish get their food?
(a) From discarded crab shells.
(b) From the grubs in tree trunks.
(c) From their prey, the tuna.
(d) From between shark teeth.

2. Which animal came to Flores Island at the same time as humans?
(a) Bears.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Elephants.

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

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

5. What did people do with god's gift?
(a) They buried it.
(b) They ate it.
(c) They gave it to the poor.
(d) They put it on the king's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the king's daughter said that she wanted to become the ruler?

2. In what year did Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon?

3. Who does the author not say helped Armstrong get to space?

4. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What ability allowed Sapiens to cooperate?

2. When Sapiens were still living only in Africa, how did they compare to modern Sapiens?

3. What is the difference between ant cooperation and human cooperation?

4. Other than Sapiens, what other types of animals can cooperate in large numbers?

5. What stories were told by the people of Flores Island?

6. What story allows humans to easily trade for things they need, even with strangers?

7. How does the author think Sapiens might be different if the other types of humans had survived?

8. How can a person find out if they have a Neanderthal ancestor?

9. How did Neanderthals compare to Sapiens?

10. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

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