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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hundred.
(b) Six.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Sixteen.

2. What body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Arctic Ocean.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

3. What causes lava rock to decompose?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Rain.
(c) Changes in temperature.
(d) Wind.

4. When Kelolo teaches Hawaiian history to Abner, how many generations does he say have been born since the original founding journey from Bora Bora?
(a) 7 generations.
(b) 128 generations.
(c) 31 generations.
(d) 883 generations.

5. After nine years in Hawaii, how many children do Abner and Jerusha have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

6. What series of natural phenomena are described as the cause of events in the opening section?
(a) Avalanches.
(b) Blizzards.
(c) Volcanic eruptions.
(d) Hurricanes.

7. When Malama dies, what keepsake does Kelolo claim?
(a) Her skull.
(b) Her bracelet.
(c) Her pet parrot.
(d) Her portrait.

8. What is true about the body of water in Chapter 1?
(a) It sometimes flooded the land.
(b) Life began there.
(c) None of the given answers.
(d) Both of the given answers.

9. How did trees first begin to grow on the island?
(a) Birds pecked at seeds.
(b) Natives planted orchards.
(c) The wood from rafts took root.
(d) Storm winds carried saplings to shore.

10. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?
(a) A message in a fortune cookie.
(b) The terms of Abner's father's will.
(c) It has been Abner's life-long ambition.
(d) Keoki Kanakoa's lecture at Yale University.

11. After Jerusha dies, what happens to her children?
(a) They all become missionaries.
(b) They go to live with relatives in America.
(c) They go to boarding school in Honolulu.
(d) They become ill and die.

12. When Abner's oldest son married Noelani's daughter, how does Abner react?
(a) He confesses that he wanted to marry her, himself.
(b) He is rude to her and calls her a heathen.
(c) He burns down their new house.
(d) He welcomes her into the family.

13. Who helps Jerusha when her first child, a son, is born?
(a) Abner.
(b) A Hawaiian midwife.
(c) John Whipple.
(d) Malama.

14. Who is the volcano goddess?
(a) Pele.
(b) Tane.
(c) Oro.
(d) Villanova.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?

2. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?

3. What is the primary setting of Chapter 2?

4. What beneficial things may have reached the island by being caught up in the wind?

5. What can underwater eruptions cause?

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