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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for South America?
(a) Navel of the Islands
(b) Heart of Haiti
(c) The Eye Looks (toward) Heaven
(d) The Land Down Under

2. What does the inside of the cabin smell like?
(a) Coconuts
(b) Fish
(c) Jungle
(d) Sweat

3. What word is used to describe the crew?
(a) Frightening
(b) Scruffy
(c) Beleaguered
(d) Exhausted

4. How large are the sharks caught by the crew?
(a) 6-10 feet
(b) 8-11 feet
(c) 10-12 feet
(d) 7-10 feet

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

6. The crew has fun playing with what dangerous object?
(a) Harpoon
(b) Sharks
(c) Lightning
(d) Octopus

7. Which crew member returns to the natives' island?
(a) Bengt
(b) Thor
(c) Knut
(d) Erik

8. How many people live on the island?
(a) 79
(b) 223
(c) 127
(d) 154

9. What causes some of the ropes to break?
(a) Sharks
(b) Storm
(c) Carelessness
(d) Reefs

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

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

12. The natives develop sudden advancement in what skill?
(a) Boat building
(b) Stone work
(c) Hunting and fishing
(d) Communication

13. What do the men do to recover?
(a) Smoke cigars
(b) Get drunk
(c) Go inside the hut
(d) Go ashore

14. What does the crew attempt to do to at first avoid the reefs?
(a) Sail northward
(b) Sail southward
(c) Wait out the current
(d) Harness the wind

15. By what are some of the crew attacked?
(a) Head hunters
(b) Fire ants`
(c) Sharks
(d) Eels

Short Answer Questions

1. The pilot fish remind the crew of what animal?

2. After missing the first island, the Kon-Tiki sails toward which island?

3. Which of these is not damaged during the collision?

4. What saves the raft from hitting the highest reef?

5. The crew sees what sign that there is land ahead?

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