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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. During the voyage, what does it mean when the sailors spot flocks of birds catching fish?
(a) That the voyage is doomed.
(b) That land is near.
(c) That sunset is near.
(d) That a storm is coming.

2. What can underwater eruptions cause?
(a) Snow.
(b) Tidal waves.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Crop growth.

3. What two ways does John Whipple plan to serve God?
(a) As missionary and cook.
(b) As cook and doctor.
(c) As doctor and missionary.
(d) As missionary and sailor.

4. What would the island paradise lack, when it was finally discovered by people?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Food.
(c) Birds.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the island king?

3. Who is Kelolo?

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

5. What important position does the king's uncle, Tupuna, pass down to Teroro?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Abner Hale react when he is told that Hawaiians, including their Alii Nui (queen), Malama, practice polygamy, and that the rocks in the garden are family gods?

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

3. How could new plants and life forms reach an island as isolated as the one described in Chapter 1?

4. Is the formation of a new island a quick process? Why or why not?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does the voyage go, and what good and/or bad omens do the travelers encounter?

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

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