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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jesus and Mohammed were alive, what stage were the islands at?
(a) Still forming.
(b) Fire-ravaged.
(c) Not even begun.
(d) Completely formed.

2. What good omen appears during the voyage?
(a) A new star.
(b) A flying fish.
(c) A mermaid.
(d) Another ship.

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

4. What is one reason that the sailors sail back to their original island during Chapter 2?
(a) To hunt for birds.
(b) To attack their former village.
(c) To give up and go home.
(d) To reunite Teroro with Marama.

5. What time span is covered in Chapter 1?
(a) Millions of years.
(b) A week.
(c) A century.
(d) Ten years.

6. How long will the sailing voyage from New England to Hawaii take?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six days.
(d) Six years.

7. What does decomposed lava rock create?
(a) Quicksand.
(b) Soil.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Algae.

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

9. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?
(a) Barren.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Clay-like.

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

11. What god does the island king silently accept, at the temple ceremony?
(a) Havaiki.
(b) Pere.
(c) Oro.
(d) Tane.

12. Who is the volcano goddess?
(a) Tane.
(b) Villanova.
(c) Oro.
(d) Pele.

13. 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) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

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

15. What is the name of the island king?
(a) Polynesia.
(b) Rotarua.
(c) Villanova.
(d) Tamatoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does the group have to sail to reach their new home?

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?

3. What percent of Lahaina's population dies in the measles epidemic?

4. After three years in Hawaii, what task is Abner still trying to complete?

5. In comparison with the other land masses on the planet, what best describes these islands?

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