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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, From the Starving Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The people of the island king.
(d) The Phoenicians.

2. After much argument, what is sacrificed when the island king and his people build a temple at their new home?
(a) One slave.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Four slaves.
(d) Fish.

3. What announcement does Jerusha make when she reaches Hawaii?
(a) She wants to be an actress.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is going blind.
(d) She is allergic to coconuts.

4. The island king plans to take supplies and sixty people with him when he escapes, and sail with them for how many days?
(a) Six.
(b) Six hundred.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Sixteen.

5. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?
(a) The people there plant gardens.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) The people there implement the rules they need.
(d) The people there look after and help one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes lava rock to decompose?

2. What are Char Nyuk Tsin and Mun Ki's sons named after?

3. What series of natural phenomena are described as the cause of events in the opening section?

4. What threatens to destroy the city of Hilo?

5. During the voyage, what does it mean when the sailors spot flocks of birds catching fish?

(see the answer key)

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