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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. Which of these is a "memory from millions of years ago" (4)?
(a) Dreaming of riding dinosaurs into the lake.
(b) Wanting to steal your neighbor's lunch.
(c) Waking up in the night, frightened of a monster under the bed.
(d) Eating a giraffe.

2. What development allowed human brains to grow?
(a) Cooking their food.
(b) Discovering the wheel.
(c) Studying math.
(d) Learning to fish.

3. Why might human ancestors have cracked open a bone?
(a) To feed the pieces to their cat.
(b) To use the bone dust in making soap.
(c) To make a pen.
(d) To eat the juicy stuff inside.

4. Who, according to the author, are even more powerful storytellers than lawyers?
(a) Generals and managers.
(b) Farmers and cheesemakers.
(c) Bankers and politicians.
(d) Poets and artists.

5. What is a small part of a corporation that you can own called?
(a) A portion.
(b) A share.
(c) A scoop.
(d) A slice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do dolphins still exist?

3. How long does the process of evolution take?

4. What two methods were used to start fires?

5. Of which of these is there just one kind all over the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do most people get bananas?

4. How did humans reach Flores Island?

5. What groups do ants organize themselves into?

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

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

8. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

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

10. How do you create fire using flint?

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