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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the buhii?
(a) Hut.
(b) Food paste.
(c) Soul.
(d) Hammock.

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

3. Chagnon quickly realizes he may have to abandon which task?
(a) Photo history.
(b) Interviews.
(c) Daily journal.
(d) Census.

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

5. What is a "shabori?"
(a) Ceremonial chalice.
(b) Father.
(c) Hat.
(d) Shaman.

6. For the tribes everything is put into which two categories?
(a) Culture and War.
(b) Nature and Non-nature.
(c) Nature and Culture.
(d) Life and Death.

7. What hallucinogen is consumed by tribe members after the period of fasting?
(a) Hemp.
(b) Ebene.
(c) Opium.
(d) Jusitia.

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

9. Women experience what occurrence rarely?
(a) Work.
(b) Birth.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Menstruation.

10. Which animal is least desired as food?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Snake.
(c) Grub.
(d) Armadillo.

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

12. The sacrifice of what proves manhood?
(a) Tribal leader.
(b) Virginity.
(c) Name.
(d) Goat.

13. Who are the legendary twins?
(a) Omaha and Yanomami.
(b) Omawa and Yoawa.
(c) Omawa and Yawikki.
(d) Kikkoman and Kon-tiki.

14. Which of the following is not one of the items made by the tribe?
(a) Baskets.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Hammocks.
(d) Sleeping mats.

15. Who/what did the twins capture?
(a) Devil.
(b) God.
(c) Shaman's daughter.
(d) Serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is avoided by the tribe?

2. What is often expected in exchange for assistance from another tribe?

3. Which is not among the popular root crops?

4. The Yanomamo are well known for:

5. What ability is granted to the male animal counterpart?

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