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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is maize?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) An ancient god.
(d) A type of shoe.

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

3. Which is not among the vegetarian foods coveted by the Yanomamo?
(a) Tadpoles.
(b) Insects.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Palm hearts.

4. Which of the following is a common gift from one tribe to another during relocation?
(a) Plants.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Curare.

5. What word best describes the Yanomamo language?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Simple.
(d) Complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group tends to have the largest tribes?

2. Clothing for the Yanomamo consists mainly of which of the following?

3. What item causes Bahimi to kill an infant?

4. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?

5. Hallucinogens are created from what part of the plant?

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