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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, An Expedition Is Born.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Heyerdahl's profession?
(a) Chemist
(b) Microbiologist
(c) Zoologist
(d) Anthropologist

2. Where does Heyerdahl get a room?
(a) Norwegian Sailor's Home
(b) Carl's house
(c) YMCA
(d) Homeless shelter

3. Which city does Heyerdahl choose to present his theory?
(a) New York
(b) Tokyo
(c) Honolulu
(d) London

4. Heyerdahl is summoned to which government facility?
(a) Pentagon
(b) White House
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Capitol Hill

5. Who is Peter Freuchen?
(a) A Dutch navigation expert
(b) A Danish Arctic explorer
(c) A French engineer
(d) A Norwegian ethnologist

Short Answer Questions

1. Heyerdahl impatiently waits for results on what item?

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

3. The ancient story involves the building of what objects?

4. Freuchen rejects new ideas in favor of tried and true equipment such as the:

5. Who was able to escape from the massacre?

(see the answer key)

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