_b_ 1. One reason there had been an increase in village fissioning among the Yanomamö is because: (a) many villagers were moving to the city; (b) missionaries were luring Yanomamö closer to mission posts; (c) epidemics caused by illegal gold miners; (d) all of these

_d_ 2. By the late 1990s, there were still a few Yanomamö who were relatively isolated and independent from the outside world, and Chagnon claimed that these were perhaps the last of their kind, the last remaining tribal people peoples: (a) in Venezuela; (b) in Brazil; (c) in South America; (d) anywhere on earth

_a_ 3. When Rerebawa accompanied Chagnon in a car one night to Caracas, Rerebawä thought that the oncoming pairs of headlights shining from cars were: (a) bore spirits, or supernatural spirits who roam the jungle at night with glowing eyes; (b) strange animals; (c) people holding lanterns while riding on horses; (d) two-headed spirits representing two Cyclops

_b_ 4. The single most dramatic and devastating event in all of Yanomamö history was: (a) an earthquake in 1991;

(b) the 1987 Brazilian gold rush; (c) the introduction of Salesian missionaries; (d) World War II

_c_ 5. Garimpeiros are: (a) nocturnal creatures;

(b) Venezuelan monkeys; (c) Brazilan gold miners; (d) illegal drug traffickers

_c_ 6. Of the three groups of Yanomamö in contact with the missions, which one had the highest mortality rate? (a) the closest one; (b) the most distant one; (c) the one with intermediate contact; (d) both the closest and the most distant

_d_ 7. In 1989, the English branch of the World Wildlife Fund sponsored a fund-raising tour in the U.S., featuring rockstar ________ and a children's chorus. (a) Groucho Marx; (b) Madonna; (c) Mick Jagger; (d) Sting

_b_ 8. In Yanomamöland, ____ is a substance used to extract gold from the soil and mud runs into the rivers and is toxic, causing fish, animals, and humans to die over time.

(a) lead; (b) mercury; (c) polycarbonate; (d) NaHCO₃

_a_ 9. By the time information about a polluting substance used to extract gold reaches remote Yanomamö villages, the information has been garbled and distorted so much that substance is seen as: (a) something magical that enemies blow at you to cause you to die; (b) a type of alcoholic beverage; (c) ginger root; (d) heavy water

_c_ 10. Why was Chagnon nearly killed after landing in a helicopter with some others in an abandoned garden near a shabono? (a) there were many poisonous snakes in the garden; (b) a shotgun-wielding Yanomamö thought he was a Salesian monk; (c) somebody had spread rumors about him that he was responsible for causing epidemics among them; (d) the helicopter ran out of fuel and nearly crashed