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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 is a modern factory worker at their job for?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 16 hours.

2. Who might a gatherer blame if somebody got sick?
(a) A ghost.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Their enemy.
(d) A neighbor.

3. What happened to the Ohalo huts?
(a) They burned down.
(b) They were destroyed with stone tools.
(c) Lava destroyed them.
(d) They were swept away in a flood.

4. When the author imagines the rat scientists of the future, where do they find the surviving human art?
(a) Art galleries.
(b) Subway stations.
(c) Mansions.
(d) Museums.

5. What was the name of the astronaut who waited on the mother ship?
(a) Simon Chapman.
(b) Maurice Richard.
(c) Thomas Biggio.
(d) Michael Collins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stone Age people get paint?

2. What did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints?

3. What did Armstrong say when he stepped on the moon?

4. Who was the Neanderthal who survived the imagined battled?

5. How old is the Stone Age evidence at Le Rozel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lascaux Cave in France discovered?

2. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

3. How did gatherers' diets compare to those of modern factory workers?

4. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

5. What was "home" for Stone Age hunter-gatherers?

6. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

7. Why do modern humans not know of any specific historical events during the Stone Age?

8. What method did Stone Age people likely use to paint their handprints on a cave wall?

9. Why were accidents more dangerous during the Stone Age?

10. What is one theory about the Lascaux Cave painting of the human and the bison?

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