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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clothing for the Yanomamo consists mainly of which of the following?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Pelts.
(c) Palm fronds.
(d) Strings.

2. Typically, what is the smallest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

3. Where does the female counterpart live?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In the trees.
(c) In the children.
(d) Underground.

4. Which word is often used to describe tribe members?
(a) Hypocrites.
(b) Tramps.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Liars.

5. What item is commonly shared in the tribe?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Food.
(c) Women.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men often practice which of the following with children?

2. What are corpses wrapped in if they die during an epidemic?

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

4. What is the Yanomamo word for "brother-in-law?"

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

(see the answer key)

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