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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 the name for the container used for holding arrows?
(a) Pouch.
(b) Sheath.
(c) Quiver.
(d) Holster.

2. Missionaries are most likely to have which item?
(a) Guns.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Books.
(d) Warm clothing.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A feast must include which of the following?

3. What is the first thing a neighboring tribe does upon entering a village?

4. What kind of connections are possessed by Hukoshadadama?

5. Which of the following is not an alternative?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Chagnon compare Kaobawa and Moawa?

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

6. What is the name for men who have killed? What is their place in the social sphere?

7. Describe the formation of trust between tribes.

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

9. Explain what takes place when a visitor or visiting tribe arrives for a feast.

10. Explain the fear involved in men marching off to a raid or to war.

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