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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are corpses wrapped in if they die during an epidemic?
(a) Animal hide.
(b) Blessed blankets.
(c) Palm fronds.
(d) Bark.

2. What item is put into the care of the men?
(a) War paint.
(b) Weapons preparation.
(c) Plantain soup.
(d) Fire building.

3. What is the average length of a woman's ability to reproduce?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 15 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often attributed to neighboring and/or rival tribes?

2. Chagnon often has difficulty finding which of the following?

3. What fiber is most commonly used by the tribes?

4. Women are seldom allowed to use which item?

5. How many arrow points were taken from Matowa?

(see the answer key)

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