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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the foliage on the island at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Poisonous.
(b) Desert-like.
(c) Unique.
(d) Sparse.

2. When the island submerged again, what formed around it?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) A harbor.
(d) A coral reef.

3. What is an accurate description of the earliest beaches?
(a) Rock covered by sand dunes.
(b) Sand covered by tall trees.
(c) Rock covered by small bushes.
(d) Bare rock with no sand.

4. What percent of Lahaina's population dies in the measles epidemic?
(a) 33%
(b) 0%
(c) 10%
(d) 80%

5. How deeply was the island submerged?
(a) Twelve feet.
(b) Twelve hundred feet.
(c) Twelve inches.
(d) Twelve dozen feet.

6. 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) Bora Bora.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Malta.

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

8. What beneficial object may have reached the island in bird excrement?
(a) A message.
(b) Fire.
(c) Medicine.
(d) A plant seed.

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

10. What does Keoki tell Abner about the rocks in Malama's garden?
(a) They are family gods.
(b) They are souvenirs of Malama's travels.
(c) They are grave markers.
(d) All of the given answers.

11. What is the primary setting of Chapter 2?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Corsica.
(c) Bora Bora.
(d) Malta.

12. What would the island paradise lack, when it was finally discovered by people?
(a) Birds.
(b) Food.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Water.

13. How many letters are there in Hawaiian alphabet?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Six.
(c) Fifty-seven.
(d) Thirteen.

14. When Malama dies, what keepsake does Kelolo claim?
(a) Her bracelet.
(b) Her portrait.
(c) Her skull.
(d) Her pet parrot.

15. What is an accurate description of the earliest body of water?
(a) Calm and stagnant.
(b) Partly cold with some ice.
(c) Completely frozen.
(d) Completely warm and tropical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does decomposed lava rock create?

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

3. Who or what is Wait-for-the-West-Wind?

4. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?

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

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