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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, From the Boundless Deep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What series of natural phenomena are described as the cause of events in the opening section?
(a) Avalanches.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Blizzards.
(d) Volcanic eruptions.

2. What beneficial object may have reached the island in bird excrement?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Fire.
(c) A message.
(d) A plant seed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is trapped in the rocks because of how they are formed?

2. What beneficial things may have reached the island by being caught up in the wind?

3. How did trees first begin to grow on the island?

4. What does decomposed lava rock create?

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

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