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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clothing for the Yanomamo consists mainly of which of the following?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Palm fronds.
(c) Strings.
(d) Pelts.

2. Which edible substance is not used for food?
(a) Rhubarb.
(b) Arrow cane.
(c) Turtle eggs.
(d) Cats.

3. The Bisaasi-teri tribe of Kaobawa live at the confluence of which two rivers?
(a) Orinoco and Mavaca.
(b) Ventuari and Tucoyo.
(c) Mavaca and Portugeusa.
(d) Apure and Orinoco.

4. What is often expected in exchange for assistance from another tribe?
(a) Money.
(b) First born son.
(c) Sacrificial goat.
(d) Sex.

5. What is the name of one of the smaller tribes Chagnon wants to visit?
(a) Kanawaha.
(b) Shiitake.
(c) Bisaasi-teri.
(d) Shamatari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is maize?

2. The mortality rate is high for which sector of the tribe?

3. What is the name of the tribe's nearest neighbors?

4. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?

5. How many seasons exist in the lives of the Yanomamo?

(see the answer key)

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