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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 did humans need before they cooked food?

2. What athletes does the author mention people watching on TV?

3. Where do cleaner fish get their food?

4. What kind of bears live in Romania?

5. Why did Floresians evolve to be smaller?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How can a person find out if they have a Neanderthal ancestor?

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

6. How do you create fire using flint?

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

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

9. How do sharks and cleaner fish work together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What can readers learn from the book about religion and its importance?

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, how could modern humans live healthier lives?

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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