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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Jerusha dies, what happens to her children?
(a) They become ill and die.
(b) They go to boarding school in Honolulu.
(c) They all become missionaries.
(d) They go to live with relatives in America.

3. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?
(a) A broken bone.
(b) A fire that won't start.
(c) A bad dream.
(d) A cloud shaped like a fist.

4. What does John Whipple do for the community after he leaves missionary work?
(a) He runs a successful business.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) He offers medical treatment.
(d) Her performs marriages.

5. Why does Abner Hale marry Jerusha Bromley?
(a) To win a bet.
(b) To avoid going to jail.
(c) All missionaries are required to marry.
(d) He falls in love with her.

6. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?
(a) Toys to amuse the children.
(b) Wood for carving a totem pole.
(c) Saplings and roots to plant.
(d) Bags of gold coins to trade for food.

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

8. In Chapter 3, what subject does Abner Hale study at Yale University?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Law.
(d) Divinity.

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

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

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

12. At the end of Chapter 1, what best describes the island?
(a) Still bare rock.
(b) Still uninhabited.
(c) Inhabited by native tribes.
(d) Still submerged.

13. What world leader's death is mentioned as occurring around the time period described in Chapter 2?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Charlemagne.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

14. Who does Noelani, Malama's royal daughter, marry?
(a) Abner Hale.
(b) Abraham Hewlett.
(c) Keoki Kanakoa.
(d) John Whipple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Malama, the royal Anii-Nui, treat the missionaries when they arrive in Hawaii?

2. What does Keoki tell Abner about the rocks in Malama's garden?

3. Who helps Jerusha when her first child, a son, is born?

4. After nine years in Hawaii, how many children do Abner and Jerusha have?

5. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?

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