If Statues Could Talk

1. The Easter Island statues ...

• are new constructions to attract tourists.

• aren’t completely understood by archaeologists.

• were destroyed by the islanders.

2. 2. On Easter Island today, the statues ...

• are very important for tourism.

• are not important for tourism.

• are a problem for tourism.

3. The people of Easter Island today ...

• don’t have a lot of contact with the rest of the world.

• can’t find jobs on the island.

• work in the tourism industry.

4. Studying the moai ...

• can tell us about the people who lived on the island.

• is important to the farmers on Easter Island.

• helps us to understand the art of José Tuki.

5. José Antonio Tuki …

• came to Easter Island to work.

• is from Easter Island.

• carves statues on Easter Island.

6. The moai ...

• are statues of animals.

• are all the same size.

• were made by José Tuki’s ancestors.

7. Easter Island ...

• is part of the South American continent.

• is a long way from other inhabited places.

• is an uninhabited island.

8. People travel to Easter Island ...

• by boat.

• to work.

• to see the statues.

9. Jared Diamond thinks that ...

• the population of Easter Island was always small.

• there were environmental problems on Easter Island.

• farmers on Easter Island planted a lot of trees.

10. Hunt and Lipo think people moved the statues using ...

• ropes.

• wood.

• both wood and ropes.