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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 good omen appears during the voyage?
(a) A new star.
(b) A flying fish.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) Another ship.

2. What time span is covered in Chapter 1?
(a) A week.
(b) Ten years.
(c) A century.
(d) Millions of years.

3. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The Phoenicians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The people of the island king.

4. At the end of Chapter 1, what best describes the island?
(a) Inhabited by native tribes.
(b) Still bare rock.
(c) Still uninhabited.
(d) Still submerged.

5. What body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Arctic Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?

2. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?

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

4. After much argument, what is sacrificed when the island king and his people build a temple at their new home?

5. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?

(see the answer key)

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