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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, From the Inland Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Whip Hoxworth bring from Formosa and ask Char Nyuk Tsin to plant?
(a) Orchids.
(b) Rice.
(c) Pineapple plants.
(d) Potatoes.

2. On what island is a new temple being built for which the high priest requires the presence of the island king and his entourage?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Bora Bora.
(c) Malta.
(d) Puerto Rico.

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

4. When the second chain of islands formed in the southeast, how long was it?
(a) Two million miles long.
(b) Two hundred miles long.
(c) Two thousand miles long.
(d) Two miles long.

5. When Reiko's family's objection to the romance causes Lieutenant Jackson to be sent away, who does her family arrange for her to marry instead?
(a) Her father's friend, Mr. Ishii.
(b) Hoxworth Hale.
(c) Hong Kong Kee.
(d) Mark Whipple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How deeply was the island submerged?

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

3. What early life forms can the ocean bring to an island?

4. In 1942, when Hoxworth Hale tours the South Pacific in search of good sites for airstrips, where do his travels take him?

5. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?

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