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

2. When Jesus and Mohammed were alive, what stage were the islands at?
(a) Not even begun.
(b) Fire-ravaged.
(c) Still forming.
(d) Completely formed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the foliage on the island at the end of Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. How far below the surface did fissures form?

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