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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. Who is the volcano goddess?
(a) Pele.
(b) Oro.
(c) Villanova.
(d) Tane.

2. Who is Kelolo?
(a) Both of the given answers.
(b) One of Malama's husbands.
(c) None of the given answers.
(d) Keoki Kanakoa's father.

3. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Phoenicians.
(c) The people of the island king.
(d) The Chinese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Abner preach the first Sunday service on the voyage to Hawaii?

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

3. When Abner's oldest son married Noelani's daughter, how does Abner react?

4. What causes lava rock to decompose?

5. In Chapter 3, what subject does Abner Hale study at Yale University?

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. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Three years after Mrs. Hewlett's death, Mr. Hewlett marries a Hawaiian girl. How do the ABCFM and the local missionary community react to this news?

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

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