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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. What type of boat is sent to pick up the crew?
(a) Schooner
(b) Speed boat
(c) Canoe
(d) Naval tug

2. What is another sign of land?
(a) People
(b) Fire
(c) Cloud
(d) Boats

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people live on the island?

2. Which is NOT discovered on the island?

3. What causes some of the ropes to break?

4. Which of these is NOT known to eat plankton?

5. The natives develop sudden advancement in what skill?

Short Essay Questions

1. There is at least one thing that Heyerdahl feels he has in common with the ancients. What is it?

2. What item was destroyed on Easter Island that may have detailed the region's history? Who destroyed the item?

3. What evidence is there of the stone work on Easter Island? How did it change?

4. What items are found on the island and what do they indicate?

5. What type of pet is adopted by the crew while out at sea? What does the pet eat?

6. What are the names given to the South Sea Islands?

7. What is Bengt's comment regarding the near collision and trip to the island?

8. How do the natives honor the crew?

9. Heyerdahl thinks about how the ancients might have gathered or transported water. What were his conclusions?

10. The crew entertains themselves by playing with what dangerous sea creatures? How do they play with them?

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