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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long will the sailing voyage from New England to Hawaii take?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six days.

4. What good omen appears during the voyage?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A flying fish.
(c) A new star.
(d) Another ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of animals does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage to use for meat?

2. What important position does the king's uncle, Tupuna, pass down to Teroro?

3. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?

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

5. What announcement does Jerusha make when she reaches Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the wife of missionary Abraham Hewlett goes into labor, Abner must deliver the baby. He consults his book on midwifery but won't gather the herbs that the Hawaiian women say that Mrs. Hewlett will need after the birth. What happens as a result?

2. Since a new island is made of bare rock, where its soil come from?

3. What does King Tamatoa plan to do about his conflict with the powerful and dangerous high priest?

4. After the island in Chapter 1 was fully formed, the earth shifted, sinking it under 1,200 feet of water again for millions of years. What new feature formed around the island during that time?

5. The Alii Nui, Malama, dies, and her daughter Neolani becomes the new Alii Nui in her place. What is Malama's dying wish, and do Malama's family members and Abner honor it?

6. What hard emotional choice much Teroro make, when it is time for the group to sail north?

7. What were likely to be the earliest living creatures to visit the newly formed island in Chapter 1?

8. Once an island finally reaches the ocean's surface, is its presence there permanent? Why or why not?

9. How could new plants and life forms reach an island as isolated as the one described in Chapter 1?

10. Once the king and his followers settle at their new village site, they make many important decisions about their future. Pick one and discuss it briefly.

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