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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, From the Starving Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?
(a) The Hawaiian royal family.
(b) The Chinese workers.
(c) The American missionaries.
(d) Whoever controls the water.

2. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?
(a) She will build a huge bonfire in his honor.
(b) She will send money to his wife in China after he dies.
(c) She will remarry after he dies.
(d) She will convert to Christianity.

3. Why does Micah Hale think that America will try to take over Hawaii?
(a) For sugar.
(b) For diamonds.
(c) For gold.
(d) For oil.

4. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?
(a) The people there look after and help one another.
(b) The people there implement the rules they need.
(c) The people there plant gardens.
(d) All of the given answers.

5. Once an island is formed, what can further eruptions cause?
(a) Valleys.
(b) Mountains.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) Cliffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man is Big Saul at the Molokai leper colony?

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

3. What are the Seven Little Eyes?

4. What god was the island chief's father sacrificed to appease?

5. What does Mun Ki's boss ask him to deliver to Hawaii?

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