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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men who are afraid often find excuses to return to the village after how many days at war?
(a) 3-4.
(b) 2-5.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 5-7.

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

3. When did Kaobawa's most beloved child die?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1988.

4. Who is not allowed to eat the "choice foods?"
(a) Hunters.
(b) Animals.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

5. Violent men are often rewarded for which attribute?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Prowess.

6. Who is the leader of the tribe?
(a) Dedeheiwa.
(b) Moawa.
(c) Hukoshadadama.
(d) Kaobawa.

7. Who explains the way a successful raid is determined?
(a) Kaobawa.
(b) Chagnon.
(c) Shamatari.
(d) Kanawaha.

8. Which is the first tribe referenced in Chapter 7?
(a) Bisaasi-teri tribe.
(b) Hukoshadadama tribe.
(c) Mishimishimabowei-teri tribe.
(d) Motawa tribe.

9. A raid is considered to be successful if how many of one's own people are killed?
(a) Less than 20.
(b) 5.
(c) Less than 10.
(d) 0.

10. When approaching an enemy, raiders tend to avoid which of the following?
(a) Talking.
(b) Water.
(c) Drumming.
(d) Fire.

11. What is the hope when trading women?
(a) Avoiding civil rights groups.
(b) Getting an especially fertile woman.
(c) Gaining more than the other tribe.
(d) Get a better one.

12. Hunters are not allowed to consume:
(a) The bones of relatives.
(b) Foods they killed.
(c) Anything but water.
(d) Choice foods.

13. Which is not typically taken during a raid?
(a) Women.
(b) Tools.
(c) Food.
(d) Children.

14. What are tribes apt to do to gain peace?
(a) Steal.
(b) Move.
(c) Lie.
(d) Offer gifts.

15. What item is put into the care of the men?
(a) Weapons preparation.
(b) Plantain soup.
(c) Fire building.
(d) War paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not part of the trading network?

2. Chagnon refers to adults over which age losing a parent, sibling or child?

3. Chagnon believes which of the following is most helpful to the Yanomamo living near the missions?

4. One young man is angry that Chagnon keeps what in his computer?

5. Who has become a powerful person in Chagnon's absence?

(see the answer keys)

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