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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. How do the other missionaries on the voyage to Hawaii feel about Abner?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They worhsip him.
(d) They look to him for guidance.

2. In comparison with the other land masses on the planet, what best describes these islands?
(a) Older.
(b) Bigger.
(c) Younger.
(d) Colder.

3. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?
(a) Sickly.
(b) Starving.
(c) Weak and disorganized.
(d) Powerful and sophisticated.

4. What beneficial things may have reached the island by being caught up in the wind?
(a) Insects.
(b) Maps.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Bamboo.

5. What is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?
(a) Fissure.
(b) Rupture.
(c) Land.
(d) Lava.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes lava rock to decompose?

2. What bad omen does the island king experience before he sails away?

3. How many letters are there in Hawaiian alphabet?

4. What good omen appears during the voyage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King Tamatoa plan to do about his conflict with the powerful and dangerous high priest?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What hard emotional choice much Teroro make, when it is time for the group to sail north?

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

7. What does James Michener think of the civilization that existed on the island of Bora Bora at the time that we first see the villagers in Chapter 2?

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

9. By the time the island emerged again and developed into a lush paradise of unique foliage, ready for discovery, what was the one thing lacking that human explorers would need?

10. Once the king and his followers settle at their new village site, they make many important decisions about their future. Pick one and discuss it briefly.

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