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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 is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?
(a) Lava.
(b) Rupture.
(c) Fissure.
(d) Land.

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

3. What world leader's death is mentioned as occurring around the time period described in Chapter 2?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(d) Charlemagne.

4. After much argument, what is sacrificed when the island king and his people build a temple at their new home?
(a) Four slaves.
(b) Fish.
(c) Pigs.
(d) One slave.

5. What god does the island king silently accept, at the temple ceremony?
(a) Pere.
(b) Havaiki.
(c) Tane.
(d) Oro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What series of natural phenomena are described as the cause of events in the opening section?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, what best describes the island?

3. When a slave woman weeps because her husband is going to be sacrificed, what happens?

4. What is one reason that the sailors sail back to their original island during Chapter 2?

5. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?

(see the answer key)

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