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

2. What does the author say is the benefit of a corporation?

3. What happened when the oil ran out?

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

5. What country's kings does the author talk about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author think Sapiens might be different if the other types of humans had survived?

3. How did humans reach Flores Island?

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

5. How did the story of the Great Lion Spirit affect people?

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

7. What is the story of the very special oil?

8. Other than Sapiens, what other types of animals can cooperate in large numbers?

9. How do most people get bananas?

10. Why would ancient humans not be the first to eat meat from a slain giraffe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the pros and cons of life in the Stone Age?

Essay Topic 2

What is the message of the story of Kenneth Gormly? What does the author want to tell you with this story?

Essay Topic 3

What would life have been like in a Stone Age camp? How would it be organized? Where would people live, and what would they do in a regular day?

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