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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 send money to his wife in China after he dies.
(b) She will remarry after he dies.
(c) She will build a huge bonfire in his honor.
(d) She will convert to Christianity.

2. On what island is a new temple being built for which the high priest requires the presence of the island king and his entourage?
(a) Bora Bora.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Malta.

3. Learning that the high priest plans to betray the island king, the king and his followers plan to escape by sailing in what direction?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

4. Who is the old man who walks into a Chinese temple on the island of Maui, screams at the people there, and hits objects with his cane?
(a) Keoki Kanakoa.
(b) Captain Hoxworth.
(c) Abner Hale.
(d) John Whipple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kee Chun Fat's advice to the men who are moving to Hawaii?

2. What relation is Teroro to the island king?

3. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?

4. When Char Ti Chong and his people make a new home in the highlands, the group becomes known as the Hakka. What does "Hakka" mean?

5. After Mun Ki dies, Char Nyuk Tsin returns to Hawaii to look for her youngest son. Who does she find raising him?

(see the answer key)

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