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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Across the Pacific.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freuchen rejects new ideas in favor of tried and true equipment such as the:
(a) Paddleboat
(b) Steam engine
(c) Kayak
(d) Bow and arrow

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

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

4. How does Angelo kill the snake?
(a) Knife
(b) Gun
(c) Runs it over
(d) Whip

5. What pet is given to Herman?
(a) Crab
(b) Cat
(c) Parrot
(d) Monkey

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Heyerdahl's theory revolves around what region?

3. What is Otto Munthe-Kaas' title?

4. What is the name of the chief god of the white men?

5. Where does the current threaten to push the raft?

(see the answer key)

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