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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Across the Pacific.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reaction do the fish have to the big storm?
(a) They disappear
(b) They clamor for attention
(c) Violent frenzy
(d) They float calmly

2. Which creature appears to be phosphorescent?
(a) Mackerel
(b) Starfish
(c) Shrimp
(d) Frog

3. Who is Peter Freuchen?
(a) A Dutch navigation expert
(b) A Danish Arctic explorer
(c) A Norwegian ethnologist
(d) A French engineer

4. Heyerdahl compares being at sea to which activity?
(a) Dreaming
(b) Running
(c) Hunting
(d) Flying

5. What seemed out of place on the ocean?
(a) Men
(b) Rain
(c) Hut
(d) Raft

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea begins to develop in Heyerdahl's imagination?

2. What are stationed atop of the statues at Easter Island?

3. The crew sees what sign that there is land ahead?

4. Which crew member falls overboard?

5. How heavy is a whale shark?

(see the answer key)

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