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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the tribe's nearest neighbors?
(a) Kanawaha.
(b) Yakeena.
(c) Ye'kwana.
(d) Maori.

3. Which is not among the things children are taught to identify at an early age?
(a) Animals.
(b) Plants.
(c) Insects.
(d) Rival tribe members.

4. Who is charged with protecting an abused woman?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Shaman.

5. Chagnon often has difficulty finding which of the following?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Food.
(c) Guide.
(d) Place to sleep.

6. What is the Yanomamo word for "brother-in-law?"
(a) Hekura.
(b) Shoriwa.
(c) Shoshone.
(d) Shishka.

7. What is often expected in exchange for assistance from another tribe?
(a) Money.
(b) Sacrificial goat.
(c) First born son.
(d) Sex.

8. The mortality rate is high for which sector of the tribe?
(a) Infants.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Teens.

9. Storing people in a tree assists:
(a) Natural decomposition.
(b) The connection with tree spirits.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Avoidance of animal feasting.

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

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

12. What is avoided by the tribe?
(a) Jungle.
(b) Mountains.
(c) White men.
(d) Rivers.

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

14. What food is commonly consumed by the tribe?
(a) Plantains.
(b) Coconuts.
(c) Poi.
(d) Papaya.

15. What is the name for a person's animal counterpart?
(a) Maharishi.
(b) Noakini.
(c) Noreshi.
(d) Familiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two types of cannibalism?

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

3. Who are the legendary twins?

4. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:

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

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