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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 the unique item that is included on the prehistoric Incan rafts?
(a) Dynamic sail
(b) Rudder
(c) Centerboard
(d) Double oars

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

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

4. What type of wood does Heyerdahl believe the South Americans used to build their rafts?
(a) Willow
(b) Pine
(c) Bamboo
(d) Balsa

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the estimated date on which people first arrived on the islands?

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

3. By whom were the white men massacred?

4. Heyerdahl attends a lecture regarding what topic?

5. What is the name of Heyerdahl's friend that lives in the countryside?

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