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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, From the Inland Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Jerusha when her first child, a son, is born?
(a) Malama.
(b) A Hawaiian midwife.
(c) Abner.
(d) John Whipple.

2. What would the island paradise lack, when it was finally discovered by people?
(a) Food.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Water.

3. When Mark Whipple offers to lead a unit of Japanese soldiers into battle in Europe against the Germans, how many Japanese men volunteer to join the new unit, known as the 222nd?
(a) About 11,000 men.
(b) About 110 men.
(c) About 11 men.
(d) About 1,100 men.

4. How many letters are there in Hawaiian alphabet?
(a) Six.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Fifty-seven.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Weak and disorganized.
(c) Powerful and sophisticated.
(d) Starving.

Short Answer Questions

1. A group of influential businessmen known as The Fort, all involved with H & H Shipping, lay plans for who should hold which seats in government. Why do they care?

2. What is the name of Teroro's wife?

3. What good omen appears during the voyage?

4. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?

5. What kind of document does Bromley Hale write about conditions on the original missionary ship that brought his relatives to Hawaii?

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