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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about the sea creature impresses Heyerdahl?
(a) Swimming ability
(b) Loyalty
(c) Intelligence
(d) Stamina

2. Which of these is NOT known to eat plankton?
(a) Whale sharks
(b) Dorados
(c) Crabs
(d) Crew members

3. What language does one of the natives speak?
(a) French
(b) English
(c) Norwegian
(d) Spanish

4. What does Knut cook for dinner?
(a) Crabs
(b) Dorados
(c) Shark
(d) Pilot fish

5. To what year does Heyerdahl refer in conjunction with time?
(a) 1963
(b) 1859
(c) 1776
(d) 1947

6. What distinguishing mark did the ancients have?
(a) Tattoos
(b) Beards
(c) Limps
(d) Moustaches

7. Squid land on what part of the raft?
(a) Oar
(b) Rudder
(c) Heyerdahl's bed
(d) Hut roof

8. What is the name of the first island?
(a) Bora Bora
(b) Pango Pango
(c) Puka Puka
(d) Angatau

9. How long are the reefs encountered by the Kon-Tiki?
(a) 40-60 yards
(b) 40-50 feet
(c) 20-30 yards
(d) 70-80 feet

10. Heyerdahl thinks that the first voyagers may have had what color of hair?
(a) Blond
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Red

11. Where is the Kon-Tiki's final destination?
(a) New York
(b) Peru
(c) Tahiti
(d) Guayaquil

12. How many canoes attempt to rescue the Kon-Tiki?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 2

13. What is floating in the ocean along with the crabs?
(a) Litter
(b) Feathers
(c) Seaweed
(d) Dead fish

14. Which crew member falls overboard?
(a) Knut
(b) Herman
(c) Torstein
(d) Thor

15. What weapons do the crew members sleep with?
(a) Guns
(b) Slingshots
(c) Bamboo poles
(d) Machetes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mysterious feature that exists on Easter Island?

2. What is another sign of land?

3. Heyerdahl compares the phosphorescence of the plankton to what object?

4. New developments in stone work also appear in what location?

5. What language is taught to Herman's parrot?

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