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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Jesus and Mohammed were alive, what stage were the islands at?
2. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?
3. Who is the volcano goddess?
4. What happens after Abner delivers Urania Hewlett's baby?
5. What is the name of the island king?
Short Essay Questions
1. How well do King Tamatoa and the high priest get along, and why do you think so?
2. What dangerous message does Teroro receive from Tehani, the fourteen-year-old girl who takes him to her sleeping quarters after the convocation?
3. In Chapter 1, what natural feature does author James Michener describe as dwarfing all others on Earth, and why?
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. Three years after Mrs. Hewlett's death, Mr. Hewlett marries a Hawaiian girl. How do the ABCFM and the local missionary community react to this news?
6. Teroro is King Tamatoa's brother. Is he loyal to the king or loyal to the high priest? How can you tell?
7. What does King Tamatoa plan to do about his conflict with the powerful and dangerous high priest?
8. 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?
9. Abner and his wife, Jerusha, had four children. When Jerusha dies, what becomes of their children?
10. Malama wants to study how to read and write in English. Abner Hale wants her to learn about God first. How is this impasse resolved?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the character of Char Nyuk Tsin. What were her most admirable traits? What traits made her life more difficult? How does Michener use her as a lens through which to view the changes in Hawaii between the 1860's and the 1950's?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the relationship shared by each of the following couples:
(a) Abner Hale and his wife Jerusha;
(b) Mun Ki and his wife Nyuk Tsin; and
(c) Malama (the Alii Nui) and her husband Kelolo
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history of intermarriage between the family lines of the original missionary families (Hale, Whipple, Hoxworth, Hewlett, and Janders). How is it reflected in their children's names? How did it affect business decisions, alliances and rivalries between the various families, in the century that followed?
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