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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Heyerdahl require to construct the raft?
2. What is Heyerdahl's status at the club?
3. What month does the Kon-Tiki set out to sea?
4. What is the name of the old man that tells the history of the region?
5. Who accompanied Heyerdahl on the expedition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of the trip to Guayaquil?
2. Why did Heyerdahl stop work on the hypothesis of the islands? Heyerdahl went into military service during World War II but resumed the work after the war was over.
3. What/where is Quito? What warning is received in regards to it?
4. Under what circumstances does Heyerdahl meet Colonel Haskin? How does the meeting benefit Heyerdahl?
5. Why does Heyerdahl go to the Norwegian's Sailor's Home? What does the author learn there?
6. How does Heyerdahl come to formulate the plan for the trip? What are the reactions of his friends and colleagues?
7. What was the first observation that led Heyerdahl to develop the theory about the Pacific Islands?
8. Why does the Kon-Tiki nearly make an unscheduled stop on the Galapagos Islands? Why is the landing aborted?
9. Heyerdahl's financing falls through and the trip is in jeopardy. How is the trip saved?
10. What other story from Peruvian history mirrors that of the natives of the Pacific Islands?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is at least one thing that Heyerdahl feels he has in common with the ancients. Explain in detail Heyerdahl's thoughts. What is the commonality? How does Heyerdahl arrive at the opinion? Does the rest of the crew agree or disagree? What is your opinion?
Essay Topic 2
About the time the crew arrived at the tiny, uninhabited island, this comment was made: "'Purgatory was a bit damp,' said Bengt, 'but heaven is more or less as I'd imagined it.'" What did Bengt mean? To what was he comparing Purgatory and Heaven? Do you feel that the comparison was accurate? How might the other crew members felt about the comment?
Essay Topic 3
Heyerdahl discusses the arrival of Christian missionaries on Easter Island. When did the missionaries arrive and what was the purpose? What item was destroyed on Easter Island that may have detailed the region's history? What was the reason for the destruction? How might the item have changed how the world perceives Easter Island?
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