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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 is an important thing to say in scientific studies?

2. About how many people work for McDonald's?

3. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?

4. What did people do when they stopped believing in the stories of the king and the special oil?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did humans reach Flores Island?

3. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

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

5. When Sapiens were still living only in Africa, how did they compare to modern Sapiens?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are there not more types of humans on Earth today?

Essay Topic 2

In the book, there is discussion of the "stories" of soccer, corporations, and French kings. What is an important modern story that is not mentioned? How does it affect life today?

Essay Topic 3

How important is storytelling in the book, and how important is it to modern humans?

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