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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, From the Starving Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?
(a) She will build a huge bonfire in his honor.
(b) She will remarry after he dies.
(c) She will send money to his wife in China after he dies.
(d) She will convert to Christianity.

2. After Jerusha dies, what happens to her children?
(a) They go to live with relatives in America.
(b) They go to boarding school in Honolulu.
(c) They all become missionaries.
(d) They become ill and die.

3. The island king avoids the celebration after the ceremony, and instead goes home with 14-year-old Tehani. Who is Tehani's father?
(a) Marama.
(b) King Tatai.
(c) Teroro.
(d) The high priest.

4. How does Malama, the royal Anii-Nui, treat the missionaries when they arrive in Hawaii?
(a) She greets them warmly.
(b) She decides to dress like the missionaries.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) She asks them to teach her to read and write English.

5. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Geology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Biography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does decomposed lava rock create?

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

3. What is the name of the newest god and the island of the gods?

4. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?

5. What does Mun Ki do when he arrives in Hawaii?

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