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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 ability is granted to the male animal counterpart?
(a) It can fly.
(b) It can be transferred.
(c) It can live underwater.
(d) It can disappear.

2. What is taken by men who must venture outside the village during war?
(a) Peace offering.
(b) Small child.
(c) Guard.
(d) Machete.

3. Villages may be so far apart that it takes how many days to reach them on foot?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 14 days.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 10 days.

4. Which hallucinogen is commonly used by tribal members?
(a) Justifica.
(b) Opium.
(c) Hisiomo.
(d) Cannabis.

5. What overcomes Chagnon on the first day in the field?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Culture shock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the Yanomamo language?

2. The Yanomamo are well known for:

3. Boys are taught to be:

4. What adjective is often used to describe tribal women?

5. Women experience what occurrence rarely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the hallucinogens used and how are they prepared?

2. What is the basic explanation of the Yanomamo cosmos?

3. Discuss the mortality rate, its cause and resolution.

4. Describe the difference between the Yanomamo and their northern neighbors.

5. What is the common practice in regards to sharing within the tribe?

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

7. Describe how a girl is treated at the onset of the menstrual cycle.

8. What indicates the passage of boy into manhood?

9. Describe the Yanomamo language.

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

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