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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, From the Sun Swept Lagoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?
(a) A broken bone.
(b) A bad dream.
(c) A cloud shaped like a fist.
(d) A fire that won't start.

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

3. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?
(a) Completely frozen.
(b) Partly cold with some ice.
(c) Calm and stagnant.
(d) Completely warm and tropical.

4. What two kinds of animals does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage to use for meat?
(a) Pigeons and chickens.
(b) Chickens and dogs.
(c) Goats and sheep.
(d) Lambs and pigs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The island king plans to take supplies and sixty people with him when he escapes, and sail with them for how many days?

2. How far below the surface did fissures form?

3. On what island is a new temple being built for which the high priest requires the presence of the island king and his entourage?

4. What word best describes the foliage on the island at the end of Chapter 1?

5. When the island submerged, what formed over it?

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