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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 good omen appears during the voyage?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) Another ship.
(c) A new star.
(d) A flying fish.

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

3. In 1825, how much do the missionaries earn per year?
(a) Two thousand dollars per year.
(b) Two hundred dollars per year.
(c) They receive no salary at all.
(d) Twenty dollars per year.

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

5. What does John Whipple do for the community after he leaves missionary work?
(a) He runs a successful business.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) He offers medical treatment.
(d) Her performs marriages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a slave woman weeps because her husband is going to be sacrificed, what happens?

3. What is the name of the island king?

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. What is the death rate at the Molokai leper colony when Mun Ki arrives?

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