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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. What is the name of the island king?
(a) Villanova.
(b) Tamatoa.
(c) Polynesia.
(d) Rotarua.

2. What is the name of the newest god and the island of the gods?
(a) Tane.
(b) Havaiki.
(c) Oro.
(d) Pere.

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

4. After much argument, what is sacrificed when the island king and his people build a temple at their new home?
(a) Pigs.
(b) One slave.
(c) Fish.
(d) Four slaves.

5. Who is challenging the island king for power?
(a) His brother.
(b) The high priest.
(c) His son.
(d) The queen of a nearby island.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?

2. The island king plans to take supplies and sixty people with him when he escapes, and sail with them for how many days?

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

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

5. What god do the island king and his people worship, to the high priest's displeasure?

(see the answer key)

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