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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, An Expedition Is Born.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was able to escape from the massacre?
(a) Heyerdahl
(b) Kon Tiki
(c) Munthe-Kaas
(d) Chief Cari

2. Who accompanied Heyerdahl on the expedition?
(a) Tei Tetua
(b) His wife
(c) Peter
(d) Herman

3. What is the profession of the person who rejects the manuscript?
(a) Anthropologist
(b) Ethnologist
(c) Zoologist
(d) Navigator

4. Heyerdahl attends a lecture regarding what topic?
(a) Cartography
(b) Expedition equipment
(c) Radar training
(d) Navigation techniques

5. What is the common tradition of the people of this region?
(a) Weaving
(b) Sing-alongs
(c) Drum circles
(d) Oral history

Short Answer Questions

1. The friend previously engaged in what profession?

2. What type of wood does Heyerdahl believe the South Americans used to build their rafts?

3. The chief god was related to what element?

4. What year did the second wave of settlers arrive?

5. Who is Peter Freuchen?

(see the answer key)

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