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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, To the South Sea Islands.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What item needs constant maintenance?
(a) Radio
(b) Ropes
(c) Oars
(d) Sextant

3. What seems to welcome the men?
(a) Dolphins
(b) Natives
(c) Pilot fish
(d) Birds

4. What causes the raft to get stuck?
(a) Reefs
(b) Bad navigation skills
(c) Wind
(d) Current

5. What is the mysterious feature that exists on Easter Island?
(a) Statues
(b) Shipwreck
(c) Tablets
(d) Caves

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT a danger the men face on the trip?

2. What breaks at the beginning of the trip?

3. After missing the first island, the Kon-Tiki sails toward which island?

4. Heyerdahl attends a lecture regarding what topic?

5. What is the biggest danger during the near wreck?

(see the answer key)

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