Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 85 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 85 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Squid have the unusual ability to do what?
(a) Cry
(b) Fly
(c) Scream
(d) Play dead

2. What reaction do the fish have to the big storm?
(a) They disappear
(b) They clamor for attention
(c) They float calmly
(d) Violent frenzy

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

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

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

6. What saves the raft from hitting the highest reef?
(a) Water rises
(b) Current changes
(c) Crew drops anchor
(d) Heyerdahl changes course

7. What seems to welcome the men?
(a) Birds
(b) Natives
(c) Pilot fish
(d) Dolphins

8. How many miles into the trip is considered to be halfway?
(a) 1,878 miles
(b) 2,150 miles
(c) 1,979 miles
(d) 2,000 miles

9. The crew learns to use what as a navigation tool?
(a) Birds
(b) Oar
(c) Centerboards
(d) Dolphins

10. Which flag is not among those raised by the crew?
(a) Explorers Club
(b) Norway
(c) America
(d) Peru

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

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

13. How is the boy cured?
(a) Soaking in salt water
(b) Advice from an American doctor
(c) Eating raw shark
(d) A shaman's remedy

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

15. Which is NOT discovered on the island?
(a) Cross
(b) Poisonous eels
(c) Shipwreck
(d) Abandoned hut

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Kon-Tiki's final destination?

2. What weapons do the crew members sleep with?

3. What is floating in the ocean along with the crabs?

4. What is the distance that the squid are able to travel when pursued?

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

(see the answer keys)

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