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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 is the cell's "instruction book" (20)?
(a) TNT.
(b) DNA.
(c) Jeans.
(d) Tablet.

2. What was the catastrophe that killed the other types of human?
(a) A volcanic erruption.
(b) A terrible disease.
(c) An asteroid from space.
(d) The spread of Sapiens.

3. What does Tina say when her dad asks who got mud on the floor?
(a) I'll clean it up right away.
(b) It was my brother.
(c) An alien did it.
(d) It wasn't me. It was the Tina Corporation.

4. As human brains grew, what shrunk?
(a) Their stomachs.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their legs.
(d) Their arms.

5. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?
(a) The Great Reorganization.
(b) The French Spring.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The End of Kings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how much money does McDonald's earn every year?

3. What is the most powerful animal in the world?

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

5. What are archaeologists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

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

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

4. Why is growing up especially hard for human children?

5. How was the story of McDonald's first told?

6. How do you create fire using flint?

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

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

9. What gave Sapiens the power to overcome their competitors and deal with much stronger animals?

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

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