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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the lawyer tell their story in?

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

3. Who, according to the author, are even more powerful storytellers than lawyers?

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

5. 100,000 years ago, how many Sapiens lived in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do you create fire using flint?

8. According to the author, how is the story of corporations useful?

9. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

10. What groups do ants organize themselves into?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do people learn about life in the past?

Essay Topic 2

What can be learned about the past from modern hunter-gatherers?

Essay Topic 3

This book is Volume 1 and is subtitled "How Humans Took over the World." If it was your decision, what would Volume 2 be called and what would it be about?

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