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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. Once an island is formed, what can further eruptions cause?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) Mountains.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) Valleys.

2. What early life forms can the ocean bring to an island?
(a) Lichens.
(b) Moss.
(c) Both of the given answers.
(d) None of the given answers.

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

4. What word best describes the foliage on the island at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Poisonous.
(b) Sparse.
(c) Desert-like.
(d) Unique.

5. What does decomposed lava rock create?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) Algae.
(d) Soil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?

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

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

5. How far below the surface did fissures form?

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