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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Arctic Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jerusha dies, what happens to her children?

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

3. When the island submerged, what formed over it?

4. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?

5. What word best describes the kind of soil eventually created on the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dangerous message does Teroro receive from Tehani, the fourteen-year-old girl who takes him to her sleeping quarters after the convocation?

2. In Chapter 3, why does the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) insist that Abner Hale get married before he is allowed to sail to Hawaii as a missionary?

3. What were likely to be the earliest living creatures to visit the newly formed island in Chapter 1?

4. Malama wants to study how to read and write in English. Abner Hale wants her to learn about God first. How is this impasse resolved?

5. In Chapter 1, what natural feature does author James Michener describe as dwarfing all others on Earth, and why?

6. Once an island finally reaches the ocean's surface, is its presence there permanent? Why or why not?

7. The six-month ocean voyage to Hawaii is a rough test of endurance. How does Abner Hale respond to this challenge?

8. Nine years later, Abner is delighted to learn that his oldest son, Micah, is returning to Hawaii as a minister. But when he meets the ship, he learns that Micah has married the daughter of Neolani (and granddaughter of the old Alii-Nui, Malama). How does Abner react to this news?

9. What happens to the first new village site the king and his followers choose, and is what happens good or bad?

10. Since a new island is made of bare rock, where its soil come from?

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