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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective best describes older women?
(a) Doting.
(b) Anti-social.
(c) Caring.
(d) Caustic.

2. What item causes Bahimi to kill an infant?
(a) Milk.
(b) Evil spirits.
(c) Tribal law.
(d) Superstition.

3. Chagnon disagrees that killers are given which of the following?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Rewards.
(d) Special stature.

4. According to the Yanomamo, how many layers are there in the cosmos?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Children often become:
(a) Traded away.
(b) Cause for war.
(c) Orphaned.
(d) Currency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women dread:

2. What is a "shabori?"

3. How many seasons exist in the lives of the Yanomamo?

4. What is most common for men?

5. To which tribe does the helper belong?

(see the answer key)

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