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

2. What living creatures are likely to discover a new island?
(a) Dogs and cats.
(b) Lions and tigers.
(c) Fish and birds.
(d) Bears and monkeys.

3. What word best describes the foliage on the island at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Unique.
(b) Desert-like.
(c) Poisonous.
(d) Sparse.

4. When Malama dies, what keepsake does Kelolo claim?
(a) Her skull.
(b) Her pet parrot.
(c) Her bracelet.
(d) Her portrait.

5. What other crop does Whip Hoxworth introduce to Hawaii?
(a) All of the given answers.
(b) Malaysian orange trees.
(c) Ginger flowers.
(d) Brazilian coffee beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. The lowland people are the Punti. How do they behave toward the highland Hakka?

2. What does Char Nyuk Tsin do with the first acre of land that is given to her in Hawaii?

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

4. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?

5. After Mun Ki dies, Char Nyuk Tsin returns to Hawaii to look for her youngest son. Who does she find raising him?

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