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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. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?
2. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?
3. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?
4. What causes lava rock to decompose?
5. What percent of Lahaina's population dies in the measles epidemic?
Short Essay Questions
1. By the time the island emerged again and developed into a lush paradise of unique foliage, ready for discovery, what was the one thing lacking that human explorers would need?
2. In Chapter 1, what natural feature does author James Michener describe as dwarfing all others on Earth, and why?
3. What happened, millions of years ago, when a rupture occurred on the ocean floor?
4. What are the earliest life forms that an island can support, once it has formed soil?
5. What dangerous message does Teroro receive from Tehani, the fourteen-year-old girl who takes him to her sleeping quarters after the convocation?
6. What hard emotional choice much Teroro make, when it is time for the group to sail north?
7. Is the formation of a new island a quick process? Why or why not?
8. Once an island finally reaches the ocean's surface, is its presence there permanent? Why or why not?
9. Teroro is King Tamatoa's brother. Is he loyal to the king or loyal to the high priest? How can you tell?
10. How does the voyage go, and what good and/or bad omens do the travelers encounter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the reasons why Reiko Sakagawa was not given the same opportunities as her four brothers to attend college, whether you believe that her father's choices and actions toward her were affected by her gender, and why you feel that those choices and actions were or were not fair.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 3, Abner Hale and John Whipple begin as roommates at Yale, and both answer the call to do missionary work in Hawaii, but their paths soon diverge as their decisions bring them into greater and greater conflict with one another. Which of these men eventually feels more fulfilled by the life choices he has made, and why?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast how well or poorly the following characters dealt with change, during their lifetimes: (a) Abner Hale; (b) Nyuk Tsin; and (c) Kamejiro Sakagawa.
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