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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chagnon refers to adults over which age losing a parent, sibling or child?
(a) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

2. Most wars fought by the tribes involve which of the following?
(a) Land.
(b) Women.
(c) Hunting ground.
(d) Disrespect.

3. What is the hope when trading women?
(a) Avoiding civil rights groups.
(b) Getting an especially fertile woman.
(c) Get a better one.
(d) Gaining more than the other tribe.

4. What is used by the people to ascend upward after death?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Dance.
(c) Vines.
(d) Hammock.

5. What is a favored pastime of the tribe?
(a) Taking hallucinogenic drugs.
(b) Storytelling.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Bisaasi-teri tribe of Kaobawa live at the confluence of which two rivers?

3. Men who have killed are often rewarded with which of the following?

4. What is the Yanomamo term for a man who has killed?

5. Who explains the way a successful raid is determined?

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