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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 did trees first begin to grow on the island?
(a) Natives planted orchards.
(b) Storm winds carried saplings to shore.
(c) Birds pecked at seeds.
(d) The wood from rafts took root.

2. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?
(a) A village.
(b) A god.
(c) A ship.
(d) A girl.

3. What is Kee Chun Fat's advice to the men who are moving to Hawaii?
(a) Have one wife in China and another wife in Hawaii.
(b) Do not get married at all.
(c) Only have a wife in Hawaii.
(d) Only have a wife who stays in China.

4. Why is Char Nyuk Tsin, daughter of a Hakka chief, unmarried at the age of seventeen?
(a) She has no dowry.
(b) She does not have a favorable horoscope.
(c) She is unattractive.
(d) She is shy.

5. In 9th-century China, when Char Ti Chong and the villagers flee from the Tartar invasion, where do they plan to go?
(a) To the neighboring village, for help.
(b) To the Tartar's homeland.
(c) To a secret cave, to hide.
(d) To the Golden Valley, with General Ching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Abner delivers Urania Hewlett's baby?

2. Why does Abner preach the first Sunday service on the voyage to Hawaii?

3. Char Nyuk Tsin vanishes from the Hakka's High Village. Why?

4. When Malama dies, what keepsake does Kelolo claim?

5. What does Keoki tell Abner about the rocks in Malama's garden?

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