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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. What is traded between Yanomamo and foreigners?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Clothing.

2. What might have caused the illnesses to the tribes?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Severe cold.
(d) Miners.

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

4. According to the Yanomamo, how many alternatives are there to warfare?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. Who has become a powerful person in Chagnon's absence?
(a) Kaobawa.
(b) Hukoshadadama.
(c) Rerebawa.
(d) Moawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains the way a successful raid is determined?

2. It takes a long time to develop what between tribes?

3. Yanomamo are likely to move to promote what?

4. Men who are afraid often find excuses to return to the village after how many days at war?

5. A member of the Yanomamo asks Chagnon about which invention?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed about medical care for the Yanomamo?

2. Name one of the most significant changes in the relationship between the Yanomamo and foreigners.

3. What are the most common reasons for declaring war?

4. Discuss the role of the hunter and how it affects the rest of the tribe.

5. How many people has Moawa killed? How is he viewed by his people?

6. Explain how social rules differ for a feast.

7. What is the reaction of one of the tribal members regarding Chagnon's census?

8. What is Chagnon's view of the peacemaking efforts between the two tribes?

9. Discuss items given in trade and how they affect the relationships between tribes.

10. What major event had great impact on the culture? Why?

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