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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abner condemns the Hawaiian practice of polygamy. What is polygamy?
(a) Being married to more than one person at a time.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Worshipping false gods.
(d) Public drunkness.

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

3. Learning that the high priest plans to betray the island king, the king and his followers plan to escape by sailing in what direction?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) West.

4. What important position does the king's uncle, Tupuna, pass down to Teroro?
(a) Priest.
(b) Slave.
(c) King.
(d) Human sacrifice.

5. What is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?
(a) Rupture.
(b) Lava.
(c) Fissure.
(d) Land.

6. What convinces Abner to become a missionary and go to Hawaii?
(a) Keoki Kanakoa's lecture at Yale University.
(b) A message in a fortune cookie.
(c) The terms of Abner's father's will.
(d) It has been Abner's life-long ambition.

7. How did trees first begin to grow on the island?
(a) Birds pecked at seeds.
(b) Natives planted orchards.
(c) Storm winds carried saplings to shore.
(d) The wood from rafts took root.

8. What is the name of the newest god and the island of the gods?
(a) Pere.
(b) Oro.
(c) Tane.
(d) Havaiki.

9. After much argument, what is sacrificed when the island king and his people build a temple at their new home?
(a) Pigs.
(b) One slave.
(c) Fish.
(d) Four slaves.

10. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Phoenicians.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The people of the island king.

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

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

13. After nine years in Hawaii, how many children do Abner and Jerusha have?
(a) None.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

14. What happens after Abner delivers Urania Hewlett's baby?
(a) Urania dies.
(b) Urania names the baby "Abner."
(c) Malama throws a party for Urania.
(d) The baby dies.

15. How do the other missionaries on the voyage to Hawaii feel about Abner?
(a) They look to him for guidance.
(b) They worhsip him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They laugh at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kelolo teaches Hawaiian history to Abner, how many generations does he say have been born since the original founding journey from Bora Bora?

2. What is the name of the island king?

3. Once an island is formed, what can further eruptions cause?

4. How deeply was the island submerged?

5. What time span is covered in Chapter 1?

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