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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/Who is Latacunga?
(a) Small boy
(b) Lake
(c) Native Tribe
(d) Village
2. Which creature appears to be phosphorescent?
(a) Frog
(b) Mackerel
(c) Starfish
(d) Shrimp
3. Freuchen rejects new ideas in favor of tried and true equipment such as the:
(a) Kayak
(b) Steam engine
(c) Paddleboat
(d) Bow and arrow
4. The poisonous creatures keep away which insects?
(a) Bees
(b) Cockroaches
(c) Flies
(d) Mosquitos
5. Who is Peter Freuchen?
(a) A Danish Arctic explorer
(b) A Dutch navigation expert
(c) A Norwegian ethnologist
(d) A French engineer
Short Answer Questions
1. Heyerdahl compares being at sea to which activity?
2. In what increments do the Polynesians recount their history?
3. What type of wood does Heyerdahl believe the South Americans used to build their rafts?
4. Which city does Heyerdahl choose to present his theory?
5. How long is a whale shark?
Short Essay Questions
1. While aboard the Kon-Tiki, one of the crew members suffers from an ailment. What is the ailment? Which crew member suffers? What is done to help?
2. What is the purpose of the trip to Guayaquil?
3. What other story from Peruvian history mirrors that of the natives of the Pacific Islands?
4. What is the Peruvian President's interest in the expedition? Does the president help or hinder the expedition?
5. Why do the crew members establish rotating shifts? How is the plan organized?
6. How many trees are felled by the men? Why are the trees named before they are cut down?
7. How do the Polynesians record the history of their people?
8. What unusual fish is observed from the raft? What becomes of the fish?
9. Why did Heyerdahl stop work on the hypothesis of the islands? Heyerdahl went into military service during World War II but resumed the work after the war was over.
10. Under what circumstances does Heyerdahl meet Colonel Haskin? How does the meeting benefit Heyerdahl?
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