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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the biggest danger during the near wreck?
(a) Head injuries
(b) Drowning
(c) Being eaten by sharks
(d) Being crushed

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

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

4. What time of day is the first island discovered?
(a) Noon
(b) Early evening
(c) Sunset
(d) Sunrise

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

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

7. Who is left behind?
(a) Herman
(b) Knut
(c) Torstein
(d) Erik

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

9. What item may have been eaten to ward off fatigue?
(a) Cocoa leaves
(b) Raw fish
(c) Bananas
(d) Plankton

10. What beverage do the men enjoy?
(a) Wine
(b) Mulled Cider
(c) Cold water
(d) Coconut milk

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

12. What is another name for Easter Island?
(a) Little Rapa
(b) Tiki Island
(c) The Eye Looks (toward) Heaven
(d) Great Rapa

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the inside of the cabin smell like?

2. How many canoes attempt to rescue the Kon-Tiki?

3. What is the name of the first person contacted by radio?

4. Squid have the unusual ability to do what?

5. What seemed out of place on the ocean?

(see the answer keys)

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