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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the fish remain stuck?
(a) By using a sucking disk
(b) Attaching itself with its mouth
(c) It doesn't
(d) By using its claws

2. What type of boat is sent to pick up the crew?
(a) Naval tug
(b) Canoe
(c) Schooner
(d) Speed boat

3. What type of fish is known to stick to sharks?
(a) Tuna
(b) Jellyfish
(c) Starfish
(d) Remora

4. What is the mysterious feature that exists on Easter Island?
(a) Tablets
(b) Statues
(c) Shipwreck
(d) Caves

5. With whom does the crew member try to communicate?
(a) Soldiers
(b) Native chief
(c) Heyerdahl
(d) Ship's captain

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

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

8. What is the name of the natives' chief?
(a) Raratonga
(b) Tepiuraiarii
(c) Tupuhoe
(d) Agurto

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

10. What sign gives the crew hope?
(a) Rainbow
(b) Repaired raft
(c) Sound of a plane engine
(d) Boats

11. Which sea creature becomes a pet aboard the Kon-Tiki?
(a) Crab
(b) Dorado
(c) Scorpion
(d) Flying fish

12. How long is the weighted line used by the crew?
(a) 260 feet
(b) 1000 feet
(c) 500 feet
(d) 750 feet

13. Which of these is NOT presented to the crew by the natives?
(a) A Kon-Tiki anthem
(b) Food
(c) Native jewlery
(d) Polynesian names

14. Bengt likes to read books on what topic?
(a) Sociology
(b) Movie magic
(c) Oceanography
(d) Crime

15. The crew sees what sign that there is land ahead?
(a) Palm trees
(b) Boats
(c) Smoke signals
(d) Birds

Short Answer Questions

1. Heyerdahl thinks that the first voyagers may have had what color of hair?

2. What seems to welcome the men?

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

4. By what are some of the crew attacked?

5. Squid have the unusual ability to do what?

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