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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What may happen to visitors upon entering the village?
(a) Get killed.
(b) Examined for weapons.
(c) Are embraced heartily.
(d) Are presented with gifts.

2. How many gourds are used in the ritual?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What food is commonly used in ritual?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Papaya.
(c) Thyme.
(d) Plantain.

4. Who is immune to attack?
(a) Anyone over age 50.
(b) Tribe shaman.
(c) Children.
(d) Women with older children.

5. Most of the clearing in the garden is done using which tool?
(a) Rake.
(b) Hoe.
(c) Axe.
(d) Scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of men have only killed once?

2. Villages may be so far apart that it takes how many days to reach them on foot?

3. Typically, what is the largest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?

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

5. Which is not one of the main reasons to form alliances?

(see the answer key)

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