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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. How long are the chosen submitted to fasting?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 months.

2. Which of the following is not one of the items made by the tribe?
(a) Sleeping mats.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Hammocks.

3. The Yanomamo are well known for:
(a) Embellishment.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Passivity.

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

5. What is the buhii?
(a) Hammock.
(b) Hut.
(c) Food paste.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the average length of a woman's ability to reproduce?

2. Which edible substance is not used for food?

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

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

5. What is a favored pastime of the tribe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the items created out of technology in the Yanomamo tribe.

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

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

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

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

7. Examine the weapons used by the Yanomamo.

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

9. What indicates the passage of boy into manhood?

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

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