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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. What is Heyerdahl's status at the club?
(a) Secretary
(b) Junior member
(c) President
(d) Protégé

2. What year did the second wave of settlers arrive?
(a) 1300 A.D.
(b) 700 A.D.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 1100 A.D.

3. Heyerdahl is a member of what New York City club?
(a) Explorers Club
(b) Midnight Club
(c) Cotton Club
(d) Seafarers Club

4. Heyerdahl had previously worked on which group of islands?
(a) Canary Islands
(b) Marquesas Islands
(c) Marianna Islands
(d) U.S. Virgin Islands

5. Where does Heyerdahl get a room?
(a) Homeless shelter
(b) Norwegian Sailor's Home
(c) Carl's house
(d) YMCA

Short Answer Questions

1. In what increments do the Polynesians recount their history?

2. What event interrupted Heyerdahl's research?

3. The ancient story involves the building of what objects?

4. Who was able to escape from the massacre?

5. Freuchen rejects new ideas in favor of tried and true equipment such as the:

(see the answer key)

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