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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. Why does Abner preach the first Sunday service on the voyage to Hawaii?
(a) He is the oldest missionary.
(b) He bribed the captain to let him preach first.
(c) He was tricked into preaching.
(d) He is the only missionary who isn't seasick.

2. Why does John Whipple come to China in 1865?
(a) All of the given answers.
(b) To visit distant relatives.
(c) To take a vacation.
(d) To hire workers for the Hawaiian sugar fields.

3. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?
(a) She will convert to Christianity.
(b) She will build a huge bonfire in his honor.
(c) She will remarry after he dies.
(d) She will send money to his wife in China after he dies.

4. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?
(a) A ship.
(b) A village.
(c) A god.
(d) A girl.

5. How far below the surface did fissures form?
(a) Four miles down.
(b) Four yards down.
(c) Forty miles down.
(d) Four feet down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Char Nyuk Tsin's sons told about their parents?

2. What important event takes place on July 6, 1898?

3. What can underwater eruptions cause?

4. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?

5. When the island submerged again, what formed around it?

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