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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From the Farm of Bitterness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two ways does John Whipple plan to serve God?
(a) As doctor and missionary.
(b) As missionary and cook.
(c) As missionary and sailor.
(d) As cook and doctor.

2. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Barren.
(c) Clay-like.
(d) Sandy.

3. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?
(a) The terms of Abner's father's will.
(b) Keoki Kanakoa's lecture at Yale University.
(c) A message in a fortune cookie.
(d) It has been Abner's life-long ambition.

4. What is true about the body of water in Chapter 1?
(a) None of the given answers.
(b) Both of the given answers.
(c) Life began there.
(d) It sometimes flooded the land.

5. What happens to the site of the island king's first new settlement?
(a) It is attacked by natives.
(b) It prospers.
(c) It is attached by hornets.
(d) It is consumed by a tidal wave and lava.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Abner's oldest son married Noelani's daughter, how does Abner react?

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

3. In Chapter 3, what subject does Abner Hale study at Yale University?

4. What can underwater eruptions cause?

5. How do the other missionaries on the voyage to Hawaii feel about Abner?

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