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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. When Mun Ki is diagnosed with leprosy and sent to the leper colony on Molokai, accompanied by his pregnant wife, Char Nyuk Tsin, what do the two of them find there?
(a) An elaborate church but no clinic.
(b) Nothing but grass huts.
(c) A simple village with a clinic.
(d) A state-of-the-art hospital.

2. Who does Noelani, Malama's royal daughter, marry?
(a) Keoki Kanakoa.
(b) Abner Hale.
(c) Abraham Hewlett.
(d) John Whipple.

3. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Weak and disorganized.
(c) Starving.
(d) Powerful and sophisticated.

4. Who treats the Chinese workers kindly on their voyage from China to Hawaii?
(a) John Whipple.
(b) Everybody.
(c) Captain Hoxworth.
(d) Nobody.

5. What god was the island chief's father sacrificed to appease?
(a) Havaiki.
(b) Tane.
(c) Oro.
(d) Pere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What god do the island king and his people worship, to the high priest's displeasure?

2. During the voyage from New England to Hawaii, how many people must share each small cabin?

3. Who is Kelolo?

4. What god does the island king silently accept, at the temple ceremony?

5. In Chapter 3, what subject does Abner Hale study at Yale University?

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