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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 causes lava rock to decompose?
(a) Rain.
(b) Changes in temperature.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Wind.

2. What is trapped in the rocks because of how they are formed?
(a) Oil.
(b) Water.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Diamonds.

3. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?
(a) Bare rock with no sand.
(b) Sand covered by tall trees.
(c) Rock covered by sand dunes.
(d) Rock covered by small bushes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?

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

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

4. What body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?

5. When the island submerged, what formed over it?

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