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READING COMPREHENSION:

A What do they do? Match names to occupations.

Carl Lipo   -   tour guide

Ellen Caldwell   -   archaeologist specialising in Rapa Nui rock art

Patricia Ramirez   -   art history professor

Jo Anne Van Tilburg   -   archaeologist specialising in the moai

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B. Match the numbers to what they measure.

88   -   the age of the moai in years

887   -   the maximum distance moai were carried

900   -   the number of incomplete statues near or in the quarry

800   -   the maximum weight of the moai in tons

18   -   the distance from the quarry to Ahu Tongariki in metres

400   -   the number of moai on the island

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C Choose the correct answer:

1 What is the author wondering about?

A How the moai were built.

B When the moai were built.

C How they were carried over such a long distance.

D What their weight was.

 

2 Which theory has NEVER been proposed regarding the transportation of the moai?

A Extra-terrestrial help.

B Rolling on logs.

C Transporting by boat.

D Walking.

 

3 We find out that the moai “walked” to their final destination

A from ancient books.

B from carvings on the statues themselves.

C from drag marks on the ground.

D from oral traditions, nursery rhymes and legends.

 

4 Foreign scholars

A had difficulty accepting that the statues walked.

B were easily convinced by locals about how the moai were moved.

C easily figured out how the moain were carried.

D were based on previous research findings when they came to the island.

 

5 Most of the statues

A were built near the spot where they were displayed.

B were carried over a distance of 18 kilometres.

C were built in a quarry and then carried.

D were abandoned on the way.

 

6 Most clues indicate that the way the moai moved resembles

A jumping

B walking

C gliding

D rolling

 

7 If you visit the quarry, you will find

A incomplete statues.

B tools.

C a temple.

D moai hats called “pukao”.

 

8 Moai faces are meant to look like

A gods.

B the locals’ ancestors.

C monsters.

D imaginary creatures.

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