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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 idea begins to develop in Heyerdahl's imagination?
(a) Living among a native tribe
(b) Sailing across the Pacific
(c) Taking a long vacation
(d) Writing a book

2. Who was considered to be the original, a founder of the inhabitants on the Pacific Islands?
(a) Sun Tiki
(b) Rikki Tiki
(c) Cari Tiki
(d) Ilda Tiki

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

4. What is the common tradition of the people of this region?
(a) Drum circles
(b) Sing-alongs
(c) Weaving
(d) Oral history

5. Heyerdahl impatiently waits for results on what item?
(a) Manuscript
(b) Car repair
(c) Marriage
(d) Navigator's license

Short Answer Questions

1. The friend previously engaged in what profession?

2. The chief god was related to what element?

3. What is another name for the people of this region?

4. What is the estimated date on which people first arrived on the islands?

5. What Lake is mentioned in regard to the story?

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