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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 threatens to destroy the city of Hilo?
(a) A flow of molten lava.
(b) A native uprising.
(c) A warship from Bora Bora.
(d) A flock of angry seagulls.

2. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?
(a) Sand covered by tall trees.
(b) Rock covered by sand dunes.
(c) Rock covered by small bushes.
(d) Bare rock with no sand.

3. Who treats the Chinese workers kindly on their voyage from China to Hawaii?
(a) John Whipple.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Captain Hoxworth.
(d) Everybody.

4. What important event takes place on July 6, 1898?
(a) Queen Liliuokalani dies.
(b) Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state.
(c) U.S. House of Representatives votes to annex Hawaii.
(d) U.S. House of Representatives refuses to annex Hawaii.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Jerusha when her first child, a son, is born?

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

3. What happens to the site of the island king's first new settlement?

4. How does Abner meet John Whipple?

5. What relation is Teroro to the island king?

(see the answer key)

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