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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, From the Sun Swept Lagoon.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?
(a) A ship.
(b) A god.
(c) A girl.
(d) A village.

3. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?
(a) A cloud shaped like a fist.
(b) A bad dream.
(c) A fire that won't start.
(d) A broken bone.

4. What god do the island king and his people worship, to the high priest's displeasure?
(a) Havaiki.
(b) Bast.
(c) Tane.
(d) Oro.

5. When the island submerged again, what formed around it?
(a) A harbor.
(b) A coral reef.
(c) A whirlpool.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?

4. What is the name of Teroro's wife?

5. The island king avoids the celebration after the ceremony, and instead goes home with 14-year-old Tehani. Who is Tehani's father?

(see the answer key)

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