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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. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?
(a) Rock covered by sand dunes.
(b) Sand covered by tall trees.
(c) Rock covered by small bushes.
(d) Bare rock with no sand.

2. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?
(a) Calm and stagnant.
(b) Partly cold with some ice.
(c) Completely frozen.
(d) Completely warm and tropical.

3. What happens to the site of the island king's first new settlement?
(a) It prospers.
(b) It is attacked by natives.
(c) It is attached by hornets.
(d) It is consumed by a tidal wave and lava.

4. What is the relationship between Kee Chun Fat (who made his fortune in the California gold fields) and Mun Ki (who works as a cook in a brothel in Macao)?
(a) They are father and son.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are strangers.
(d) They are uncle and nephew.

5. How do the other missionaries on the voyage to Hawaii feel about Abner?
(a) They worhsip him.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They look to him for guidance.
(d) They ignore him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?

2. After three years in Hawaii, what task is Abner still trying to complete?

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

4. In 1825, how much do the missionaries earn per year?

5. What percent of Lahaina's population dies in the measles epidemic?

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