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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What represents the spirit of a woman?

3. Villages may be so far apart that it takes how many days to reach them on foot?

4. Women are seldom allowed to use which item?

5. To which tribe does the helper belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Yanomamo language.

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

3. In what other ways is poison used?

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

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

6. What expression is used among the Yanomamo for romantic love?

7. Examine the Yanomamo way of storytelling.

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

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

10. What indicates the passage of boy into manhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Yanomamo's jealousy and absolute secrecy regarding their names and the names of their dead. Compare and contrast those beliefs to those of the Native Americans. Also reference sacred burial grounds.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why it was an important event when Chagnon was given a tribal name. Also examine why it was significant when Chagnon received a second and different name. Why did Chagnon feel honored? How would you have felt in the author's shoes?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay or short story in which people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive a horrific natural disaster. If non-fiction, cite sources.

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