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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) Hammock.
(b) Food paste.
(c) Hut.
(d) Soul.

2. There is no word in the Yanomamo language for:
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Enjoyment.
(d) Rivalry.

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

4. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Names.

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

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

7. Women dread:
(a) Being given to another tribe.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) War.
(d) Loss of virginity.

8. Typically, what is the largest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?
(a) 100.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 75.

9. What plays a major role in the lives of the Yanomamo?
(a) Superstition.
(b) Fear.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Anger.

10. Clothing for the Yanomamo consists mainly of which of the following?
(a) Pelts.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Palm fronds.
(d) Strings.

11. Which group tends to have the largest tribes?
(a) Lowlanders.
(b) Upper Tribes.
(c) Highlanders.
(d) Lower Tribes.

12. What is maize?
(a) Corn.
(b) A type of shoe.
(c) An ancient god.
(d) Wheat.

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

14. What is the name for a male spirit?
(a) Nashimi.
(b) Seraphim.
(c) Hekura.
(d) Warlock.

15. Which of the following is a common gift from one tribe to another during relocation?
(a) Curare.
(b) Plants.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Chagnon's helper?

2. What adjective best describes older women?

3. Hallucinogens are created from what part of the plant?

4. Which animal is least desired as food?

5. Who are the legendary twins?

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