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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are corpses wrapped in if they die during an epidemic?
(a) Palm fronds.
(b) Animal hide.
(c) Bark.
(d) Blessed blankets.

2. What overcomes Chagnon on the first day in the field?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Culture shock.

3. What are the two types of cannibalism?
(a) Axicannibalism and egricannibalism.
(b) High cannibalism and low cannibalism.
(c) Exocannibalism and endocannibalism.
(d) Inner cannibalism and Outer cannibalism.

4. Typically, what is the largest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?
(a) 75.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 100.

5. What item causes Bahimi to kill an infant?
(a) Milk.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Tribal law.
(d) Evil spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which edible substance is not used for food?

2. What represents the spirit of a woman?

3. What is the buhii?

4. To which tribe does the helper belong?

5. Villages may be so far apart that it takes how many days to reach them on foot?

(see the answer key)

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