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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, From the Sun Swept Lagoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beneficial object may have reached the island in bird excrement?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Fire.
(c) A plant seed.
(d) A message.

2. What is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?
(a) Fissure.
(b) Lava.
(c) Rupture.
(d) Land.

3. What is trapped in the rocks because of how they are formed?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Water.
(d) Oil.

4. How many miles does the group have to sail to reach their new home?
(a) Five thousand miles.
(b) Fifty miles.
(c) Five miles.
(d) Five hundred miles.

5. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Geology.
(d) Biography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?

2. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?

3. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?

4. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?

5. What causes lava rock to decompose?

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