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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Industrial Revolution
(b) Universal Age
(c) Jurassic Age
(d) Stone Age

2. Heyerdahl impatiently waits for results on what item?
(a) Manuscript
(b) Navigator's license
(c) Marriage
(d) Car repair

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

4. What was the name of Heyerdahl's translator?
(a) Havier
(b) Agurto
(c) Teka
(d) Salome

5. What is the whale shark's preferred meal?
(a) Plankton
(b) Flying fish
(c) Dolphins
(d) Humans

6. What is thrown at the whale shark?
(a) Harpoon
(b) A crew member
(c) Empty food cans
(d) Bait

7. In what increments do the Polynesians recount their history?
(a) 50 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 30 years

8. Heyerdahl receives a letter from whom?
(a) Otto
(b) His mother
(c) His wife
(d) Colonel Haskin

9. Which is NOT a fish seen from the raft?
(a) Bonitos
(b) Barracuda
(c) Tuna
(d) Dorado

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

11. What does the Kon-Tiki rely on heavily?
(a) Wind
(b) Navigation maps
(c) Current
(d) Rain

12. Heyerdahl is summoned to which government facility?
(a) Pentagon
(b) White House
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Capitol Hill

13. What is the name of Heyerdahl's friend that lives in the countryside?
(a) Carl
(b) Wilhelm
(c) Helmut
(d) Bjorn

14. Heyerdahl believes the islands are connected to what country?
(a) Peru
(b) Venezuela
(c) Chile
(d) Cuba

15. Who was considered to be the original, a founder of the inhabitants on the Pacific Islands?
(a) Rikki Tiki
(b) Cari Tiki
(c) Ilda Tiki
(d) Sun Tiki

Short Answer Questions

1. What poisonous creatures battle in the bungalow?

2. What is the common tradition of the people of this region?

3. If Heyerdahl makes the trip how long should it take?

4. What blocks the men's path into the jungle?

5. How heavy is a whale shark?

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