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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, From the Inland Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The people of the island king.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Phoenicians.
(d) The Vikings.

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

3. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?
(a) A cloud shaped like a fist.
(b) A fire that won't start.
(c) A broken bone.
(d) A bad dream.

4. Why are so many members of the Kee family able to get jobs as bookkeepers?
(a) They are smart and well-educated.
(b) They bribe the people who are doing the hiring.
(c) They are lucky.
(d) They blackmail the people who are doing the hiring.

5. What happens after Abner delivers Urania Hewlett's baby?
(a) Malama throws a party for Urania.
(b) The baby dies.
(c) Urania names the baby "Abner."
(d) Urania dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Japanese Federations of Labor workers' strike is broken?

2. How do the other missionaries on the voyage to Hawaii feel about Abner?

3. Who is challenging the island king for power?

4. Abner condemns the Hawaiian practice of polygamy. What is polygamy?

5. What is the name of the island king?

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