Hunter Gatherer Quiz

Do infants in hunter-gatherer societies spend more time in skin-to-skin contact with their caretakers?

• Yes

• No

Do children of different ages play together in a hunter-gatherer society?

• Yes, children of different ages play together.

• No, children segregate themselves with others their age.

Do parents in hunter-gatherer societies monitor their children like modern parents do?

• Yes, parents in hunter-gatherer societies protect their kids from harm because the kids don't know what's safe or not.

• No, children have their own freedom and are responsible for their own actions, which can be harmful to themselves.

In the first year of an infant's life in a hunter-gatherer society, what percentage of skin-to-skin contact does the infant experience?

• 86%

• 88%

• 90%

• 92%

Is there privacy in the hunter-gatherer society?

• Yes, they all have their own comfortable rooms.

• No, they all share one room to sleep in.

• I don't know, I didn't pay attention.

• What was the question?

Are children in the Hunter-Gatherer society treated with care and special treatment such as coddling or special protection?

• No, the children are treated as adults and have a sense of responsibility.

• Yes, children in the society are treated with the utmost care.

• I wish I didn't have to be responsible.

• I want special treatment.

How quickly do the parents or caretakers of the infant respond to the infant's cry?

• Within 1 minute.

• Within 10 seconds.

• Within 20 seconds.

• Within 15 seconds.

To see if you've read the story, who is the young man mentioned at the beginning of the story?

• Enu

• Emu

• Remu

• Inu

Why did Enu leave his tribe/village?

• Enu wanted to be an entrepreneur.

• Enu never left his lifestyle and continued to live in the village.

• Enu didn't want to be a burden and had had enough of that lifestyle.

• Enu left his family to find another family.

At what age do children typically separate from their mothers in a Hunter Gatherer Society?

• 2 1/2

• 1

• 2

• 1 1/2