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

2. Who rejects Heyerdahl's manuscript?
(a) Bjorn
(b) Wilhelm
(c) Herman
(d) Carl

3. Heyerdahl refers to technologies developed in what time period? What event interrupted Heyerdahl's research? World War II World War I Stock market crash Assassination of JFK Which city does Heyerdahl choose to present his theory? New York Tokyo London Honolulu
(a) Universal Age
(b) Industrial Revolution
(c) Stone Age
(d) Jurassic Age

4. If Heyerdahl makes the trip how long should it take?
(a) 112 days
(b) 80 days
(c) 97 days
(d) 103 days

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the person who rejects the manuscript?

2. What is the name of the chief god of the island?

3. What is one of Heyerdahl's main concerns in planning a route?

4. What is the unique item that is included on the prehistoric Incan rafts?

5. By whom were the white men massacred?

(see the answer key)

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