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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 adjective best describes older women?
(a) Caustic.
(b) Caring.
(c) Anti-social.
(d) Doting.

2. Which animal is least desired as food?
(a) Armadillo.
(b) Grub.
(c) Snake.
(d) Monkey.

3. What hallucinogen is consumed by tribe members after the period of fasting?
(a) Ebene.
(b) Jusitia.
(c) Hemp.
(d) Opium.

4. What is the average length of a woman's ability to reproduce?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 25 years.

5. Hallucinogens are created from what part of the plant?
(a) Seed pods.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Stamen.
(d) Bark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most common for men?

2. What is the last month of the dry season?

3. Typically, what is the smallest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?

4. What is a "shabori?"

5. Storing people in a tree assists:

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of food would most likely be found in the tribe's gardens?

2. What is a "noreshi?" Why is it important?

3. Discuss the location and traveling habits of the Bisaasi-teri tribe.

4. Explain the Yanomamo concept of babies and their souls.

5. Explain the basic structure of the village including the shabono.

6. Examine the part of the diet of the Yanomamo that includes wild game.

7. Examine the weapons used by the Yanomamo.

8. What indicates the passage of boy into manhood?

9. Examine the differences in the lives of girls and boys.

10. Explain how aggressive behavior affects the tribal life.

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