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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a favored pastime of the tribe?
(a) Taking hallucinogenic drugs.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Storytelling.

2. What is the Yanomamo word for "brother-in-law?"
(a) Hekura.
(b) Shoriwa.
(c) Shishka.
(d) Shoshone.

3. What item is commonly shared in the tribe?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Women.

4. Which is not among the vegetarian foods coveted by the Yanomamo?
(a) Insects.
(b) Palm hearts.
(c) Tadpoles.
(d) Lizards.

5. What is a "shabori?"
(a) Ceremonial chalice.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Hat.
(d) Father.

6. To which tribe does the helper belong?
(a) Upper Bisaasi-teri.
(b) Pashmina.
(c) Lower Bahimi.
(d) Koamashima.

7. What is a shabono?
(a) Child.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Spear.
(d) House.

8. Women are seldom allowed to use which item?
(a) Pots.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Outhouse.

9. What is the name of the tribe's nearest neighbors?
(a) Kanawaha.
(b) Ye'kwana.
(c) Maori.
(d) Yakeena.

10. What is done with the ashes of the dead?
(a) Worn as face paint.
(b) Consumed.
(c) Cast to the wind.
(d) Buried.

11. What is the last month of the dry season?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) April.

12. For the tribes everything is put into which two categories?
(a) Culture and War.
(b) Nature and Culture.
(c) Life and Death.
(d) Nature and Non-nature.

13. Which is not among the possessions of a "wealthy" woman?
(a) Machete.
(b) Tools.
(c) Hatchet.
(d) Puka shells.

14. Women work hard to protect which part of a child?
(a) Soul.
(b) Skull.
(c) Heart.
(d) Body temperature.

15. What represents the spirit of a woman?
(a) Wand.
(b) Heart.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Cup.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Yanomamo are well known for:

3. Which group tends to have the largest tribes?

4. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:

5. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?

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