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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 broken bone.
(b) A bad dream.
(c) A fire that won't start.
(d) A cloud shaped like a fist.

2. During the voyage from New England to Hawaii, how many people must share each small cabin?
(a) Eight.
(b) Each person has their own private cabin.
(c) A dozen.
(d) Two.

3. When Kelolo teaches Hawaiian history to Abner, how many generations does he say have been born since the original founding journey from Bora Bora?
(a) 883 generations.
(b) 31 generations.
(c) 7 generations.
(d) 128 generations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the second chain of islands formed in the southeast, how long was it?

2. The island king avoids the celebration after the ceremony, and instead goes home with 14-year-old Tehani. Who is Tehani's father?

3. What is the name of the island king?

4. What is lava?

5. What good omen appears during the voyage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abner's reaction when the crew of a docked whaling ship go on a rampage through the settlement, sacking the homes of Hawaiians and raping their women?

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

3. The Alii Nui, Malama, dies, and her daughter Neolani becomes the new Alii Nui in her place. What is Malama's dying wish, and do Malama's family members and Abner honor it?

4. What are the earliest life forms that an island can support, once it has formed soil?

5. What happened, millions of years ago, when a rupture occurred on the ocean floor?

6. 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?

7. Abner and his wife, Jerusha, had four children. When Jerusha dies, what becomes of their children?

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

9. 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?

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

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