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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. Where do modern hunter-gatherers mostly live?

2. When the author imagines the rat scientists of the future, where do they find the surviving human art?

3. What is one piece of evidence showing cooperation between distant people?

4. What was the elephant that killed a Nayaka called?

5. How many kinds of fish were found in the garbage dump at Ohalo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the families of Ohalo organized?

2. How did gatherers' diets compare to those of modern factory workers?

3. What have archaeologists learned in studying the stone remains around ancient campfires?

4. How were Stone Age footprints preserved until today?

5. What is the Venus of Willendorf, and what can be learned from it?

6. What is one theory about the Lascaux Cave painting of the human and the bison?

7. 20,000 years ago, what would a gatherer do in an average day?

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

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

10. What are orangutan families like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast people in the Stone Age with people today.

Essay Topic 3

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

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