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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From the Farm of Bitterness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How deeply was the island submerged?
(a) Twelve feet.
(b) Twelve hundred feet.
(c) Twelve inches.
(d) Twelve dozen feet.

2. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?
(a) Barren.
(b) Clay-like.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Sandy.

3. Who is Kelolo?
(a) One of Malama's husbands.
(b) None of the given answers.
(c) Keoki Kanakoa's father.
(d) Both of the given answers.

4. What does Keoki tell Abner about the rocks in Malama's garden?
(a) They are souvenirs of Malama's travels.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) They are family gods.
(d) They are grave markers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After three years in Hawaii, what task is Abner still trying to complete?

2. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?

3. What percent of Lahaina's population dies in the measles epidemic?

4. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?

5. How far below the surface did fissures form?

(see the answer key)

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