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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. In comparison with the other land masses on the planet, what best describes these islands?
(a) Older.
(b) Bigger.
(c) Younger.
(d) Colder.

2. Who helps Jerusha when her first child, a son, is born?
(a) Malama.
(b) A Hawaiian midwife.
(c) John Whipple.
(d) Abner.

3. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?
(a) The American missionaries.
(b) The Hawaiian royal family.
(c) The Chinese workers.
(d) Whoever controls the water.

4. Who is challenging the island king for power?
(a) His brother.
(b) The high priest.
(c) His son.
(d) The queen of a nearby island.

5. Who does Noelani, Malama's royal daughter, marry?
(a) Abraham Hewlett.
(b) Abner Hale.
(c) John Whipple.
(d) Keoki Kanakoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The island king plans to take supplies and sixty people with him when he escapes, and sail with them for how many days?

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 other crop does Whip Hoxworth introduce to Hawaii?

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

5. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?

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