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

2. What could ancient Sapiens use to frighten away large animals?
(a) Fire.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Stone walls.
(d) Drums.

3. What were the first tools made of?
(a) Human teeth.
(b) Sticks and stones.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Tin.

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

5. Three hundred years ago, what work did most people do?
(a) Construction.
(b) Delivery.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a small part of a corporation that you can own called?

2. What did archaeologists find in Denisova Cave?

3. What is useful about storytelling?

4. What does "Homo sapien" mean?

5. What sport does the author use as an example of strangers sharing the same beliefs about rules?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Neanderthals compare to Sapiens?

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

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

4. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

5. How did human bodies change when they started to cook their food?

6. Why would ancient humans not be the first to eat meat from a slain giraffe?

7. How is evolution like water dripping on a rock?

8. What is the story of the very special oil?

9. What ability allowed Sapiens to cooperate?

10. What is one theory of how Sapiens learned to tell stories?

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