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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?
(a) Children.
(b) Food.
(c) Names.
(d) Spirits.

3. The mortality rate is high for which sector of the tribe?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Teens.
(d) Infants.

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

5. What food is commonly consumed by the tribe?
(a) Plantains.
(b) Poi.
(c) Papaya.
(d) Coconuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is commonly shared in the tribe?

2. What is the first month of the dry season?

3. Which group tends to have the largest tribes?

4. What is the name of the tribe's nearest neighbors?

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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