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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 the first month of the dry season?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) March.

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

3. What fiber is most commonly used by the tribes?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Soft wood.
(d) Reeds.

4. Smaller tribes are referred to as:
(a) Suburbs.
(b) Lesser tribes.
(c) Under tribes.
(d) Splinters.

5. Which is not among the popular root crops?
(a) Manioc.
(b) Ohina.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which edible substance is not used for food?

2. Which group tends to have the largest tribes?

3. Chagnon quickly realizes he may have to abandon which task?

4. Typically, what is the largest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?

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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