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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 part of the body did Stone Age people paint on cave walls?

2. What is the name of the famous Stone Age statue of a woman?

3. How long would it take a Stone Age person to walk from one end of their "home" to the other?

4. What is painted in Lascaux Cave?

5. How long is a modern factory worker at their job for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

3. What was the man at Sunghir buried with?

4. What did hunter-gatherers know about their territory?

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

6. Why were gatherers mostly safe from disease?

7. Were people of the Stone Age mostly hunters or gatherers?

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

9. What did archaeologists find in the Ohalo garbage dump?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What topic is not included in the book that you think is surprising? Why?

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