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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. How long does the process of evolution take?
(a) 500 years.
(b) Billions of years.
(c) A few centuries.
(d) Thousands of years.

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

3. What is the most powerful animal in the world?
(a) Gorillas.
(b) Humans.
(c) Ants.
(d) Bears.

4. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?
(a) Their stories make them greedy.
(b) They believe less useful stories.
(c) They cannot all tell stories.
(d) They never change the way they cooperate.

5. Where is Neander Valley?
(a) Germany.
(b) Israel.
(c) Korea.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal came to Flores Island at the same time as humans?

2. In the story, what does god send down for the king?

3. Which of the following is not a group of harvester ants?

4. What do historians call the time when the French people stopped believing in kings?

5. Where is Flores Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Neanderthals compare to Sapiens?

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

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

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

5. What groups do ants organize themselves into?

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

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

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

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

10. How did humans reach Flores Island?

(see the answer keys)

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