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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 old is the Stone Age evidence at Le Rozel?
(a) 300,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) 80,000 years.
(d) 3,000 years.

2. What DNA instructions do human bodies have about sweet foods?
(a) Do not eat it.
(b) If you find it, eat as much possible.
(c) Enjoy in moderation.
(d) It is poisonous. Give it to your enemy.

3. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?
(a) The elephant who bellows loudly.
(b) The elephant who lives by the river.
(c) The elephant who hunts in the dark.
(d) The elephant who always walks alone.

4. Why would Stone Age people not often hunt something like a mammoth or bison?
(a) It was difficult, dangerous, and required many people to work together.
(b) They did not need that much food.
(c) They did not like the taste of meat.
(d) For religious reasons.

5. Why does unhealthy food taste good?
(a) Humans' bodies think they are living in the Stone Age.
(b) It is low in fat.
(c) It is high in vitamins.
(d) Human tastes have changed to like burgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was a good gatherer's workday?

2. How old is the painting in Lascaux Cave?

3. Who might a gatherer blame if somebody got sick?

4. What is painted in Lascaux Cave?

5. What is the word for someone who believes that animals can talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

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

3. Why do humans like to eat foods that are bad for them?

4. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

5. Why is it a common mistake to think that Stone Age people lived in caves?

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

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

8. Why did the Nayaka refuse to help capture an elephant that had killed one of them?

9. What do animists believe?

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

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