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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. Freuchen rejects new ideas in favor of tried and true equipment such as the:
(a) Kayak
(b) Bow and arrow
(c) Steam engine
(d) Paddleboat

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

3. What is another name for the people of this region?
(a) Americans
(b) Polynesians
(c) Danish
(d) Filipinos

4. What breaks at the beginning of the trip?
(a) Herman's leg
(b) Tug lines
(c) Radio
(d) Mast

5. What is Heyerdahl's native country?
(a) United States
(b) Norway
(c) Denmark
(d) Sweden

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea begins to develop in Heyerdahl's imagination?

2. Heyerdahl receives a letter from whom?

3. On which island does Heyerdahl land?

4. What poisonous creatures battle in the bungalow?

5. How do the men get to the jungle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heyerdahl come to formulate the plan for the trip? What are the reactions of his friends and colleagues?

2. Under what circumstances does Heyerdahl meet Colonel Haskin? How does the meeting benefit Heyerdahl?

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

4. Why was the translator of little use to Heyerdahl and Watzinger? What was the result?

5. What is the Peruvian President's interest in the expedition? Does the president help or hinder the expedition?

6. Why was the translator of little use to Heyerdahl and Watzinger? What was the result?

7. What is Peter Freuchen's opinion on the updated expedition equipment? Explain.

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

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

10. What two things did the naval experts warn Heyerdahl about before the trip?

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