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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the average length of a woman's ability to reproduce?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

4. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:
(a) Reserved.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Puritanical.
(d) Modest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is important for children to learn about which of the following at a young age?

2. The term "brother" is often used to describe:

3. What is the average divorce rate?

4. What is a common occurrence in the tribe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the items created out of technology in the Yanomamo tribe.

2. Describe the basic facts of the Yanomamo.

3. Describe how a girl is treated at the onset of the menstrual cycle.

4. What indicates the passage of boy into manhood?

5. Explain the basic structure of the village including the shabono.

6. Describe the work ethic of the tribe.

7. Examine the part of the diet of the Yanomamo that includes wild game.

8. Explain the Yanomamo concept of babies and their souls.

9. In what other ways is poison used?

10. Describe the climate and how it affects the tribe.

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