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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. How long will the sailing voyage from New England to Hawaii take?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six days.

2. What does Whip Hoxworth bring from Formosa and ask Char Nyuk Tsin to plant?
(a) Pineapple plants.
(b) Rice.
(c) Orchids.
(d) Potatoes.

3. When the island submerged again, what formed around it?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) A harbor.
(c) A coral reef.
(d) A rainbow.

4. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?
(a) Geology.
(b) Biography.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Astrology.

5. What is trapped in the rocks because of how they are formed?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Oil.
(c) Water.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two ways does John Whipple plan to serve God?

2. Why is Char Nyuk Tsin, daughter of a Hakka chief, unmarried at the age of seventeen?

3. What god do the island king and his people worship, to the high priest's displeasure?

4. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?

5. What important position does the king's uncle, Tupuna, pass down to Teroro?

(see the answer key)

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