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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Neander Valley?
(a) Germany.
(b) Korea.
(c) Israel.
(d) Canada.
2. Who does the author not say helped Armstrong get to space?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Mathematicians.
(c) Athletes.
(d) Miners.
3. What two methods were used to start fires?
(a) Friction and gravity.
(b) Lightning and water.
(c) Friction and flint.
(d) Matches and glass.
4. What story does the author use as an example?
(a) The Gorilla in the Sky.
(b) The Reason for Water.
(c) The Great Lion Spirit.
(d) The First Human.
5. Which of the following is not a group of harvester ants?
(a) Foragers.
(b) Climbers.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Warriors.
6. What is the most powerful animal in the world?
(a) Ants.
(b) Humans.
(c) Bears.
(d) Gorillas.
7. What did archaeologists find in Stadel Cave?
(a) A statue of a human with a bird's head.
(b) A statue of a human with a lion's head.
(c) A human finger.
(d) A painting of a bison chasing a human.
8. Ants also cooperate in large numbers, but how are they different from humans?
(a) They never change the way they cooperate.
(b) Their stories make them greedy.
(c) They cannot all tell stories.
(d) They believe less useful stories.
9. About how tall did adult Floresians evolve to be?
(a) 4 and a half feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 5 feet.
10. What did people do when they stopped believing in the stories of the king and the special oil?
(a) They became angry and killed the king.
(b) They asked for there to be a vote.
(c) They thought it would be good to still have a king anyways.
(d) They stole the bottle of special oil.
11. What does the author say is the benefit of a corporation?
(a) Real people do not need to fear risk or responsibility.
(b) It lets people open restaurants.
(c) It encourages creativity.
(d) Everyone makes more money.
12. How long does the process of evolution take?
(a) 500 years.
(b) Thousands of years.
(c) Billions of years.
(d) A few centuries.
13. What sport does the author use as an example of strangers sharing the same beliefs about rules?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Tennis.
14. What language is the word "Sapien"?
(a) Latin.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.
15. What did the lawyer need to do before telling the story of the McDonald's Corporation?
(a) Stand on the important spot on the floor.
(b) Tell everyone they were about to tell a story.
(c) Hold the talking stick.
(d) Put on their special ceremonial robes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What superpower do humans have?
2. Who opened the first McDonald's?
3. What was the catastrophe that killed the other types of human?
4. What athletes does the author mention people watching on TV?
5. In the story, what does god send down for the king?
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