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

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

3. How did trees first begin to grow on the island?
(a) Natives planted orchards.
(b) Birds pecked at seeds.
(c) Storm winds carried saplings to shore.
(d) The wood from rafts took root.

4. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?
(a) Calm and stagnant.
(b) Completely frozen.
(c) Partly cold with some ice.
(d) Completely warm and tropical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparison with the other land masses on the planet, what best describes these islands?

2. What would the island paradise lack, when it was finally discovered by people?

3. What is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?

4. What beneficial object may have reached the island in bird excrement?

5. What living creatures are likely to discover a new island?

(see the answer key)

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