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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attempts to watch the craft in action?
(a) Peruvian president
(b) Otto
(c) Ambassador
(d) Agurto

2. Who rejects Heyerdahl's manuscript?
(a) Wilhelm
(b) Herman
(c) Carl
(d) Bjorn

3. What was the name of Heyerdahl's translator?
(a) Havier
(b) Agurto
(c) Teka
(d) Salome

4. What language was the translator required to speak?
(a) Polynesian
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) Spanish

5. Heyerdahl compares being at sea to which activity?
(a) Dreaming
(b) Flying
(c) Hunting
(d) Running

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Heyerdahl's friend that lives in the countryside?

2. Heyerdahl went on an expedition to which island?

3. Where does Heyerdahl's friend, Carl, live?

4. What is the profession of the person who rejects the manuscript?

5. What is the name of the chief god of the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many trees are felled by the men? Why are the trees named before they are cut down?

2. What/where is Quito? What warning is received in regards to it?

3. What is the Guardian Rios? What is its purpose?

4. Why does the Kon-Tiki nearly make an unscheduled stop on the Galapagos Islands? Why is the landing aborted?

5. How do Heyerdahl and Watzinger procure the necessary items for their trip into the Andes?

6. What was the main similarity between the cultures that further convinced Heyerdahl?

7. Herman is given a pet before the Kon-Tiki sets sail. What is the pet and what happens to it?

8. What was the first observation that led Heyerdahl to develop the theory about the Pacific Islands?

9. Why does Heyerdahl go to the Norwegian's Sailor's Home? What does the author learn there?

10. Heyerdahl's financing falls through and the trip is in jeopardy. How is the trip saved?

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