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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. Who is Kelolo?
(a) Keoki Kanakoa's father.
(b) One of Malama's husbands.
(c) Both of the given answers.
(d) None of the given answers.

2. When a slave woman weeps because her husband is going to be sacrificed, what happens?
(a) Her husband is spared.
(b) She is laughed at.
(c) She is killed.
(d) She is rewarded.

3. What beneficial things may have reached the island by being caught up in the wind?
(a) Insects.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Maps.

4. When Jesus and Mohammed were alive, what stage were the islands at?
(a) Still forming.
(b) Not even begun.
(c) Completely formed.
(d) Fire-ravaged.

5. The lowland people are the Punti. How do they behave toward the highland Hakka?
(a) The two groups work together in harmony.
(b) The Punti enslave the Hakka.
(c) The Hakka enslave the Punti.
(d) They share no friendly contact.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abner condemns the Hawaiian practice of polygamy. What is polygamy?

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

3. 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?

4. What announcement does Jerusha make when she reaches Hawaii?

5. Who treats the Chinese workers kindly on their voyage from China to Hawaii?

(see the answer key)

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