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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 god was the island chief's father sacrificed to appease?
(a) Pere.
(b) Havaiki.
(c) Tane.
(d) Oro.

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

3. In 1825, how much do the missionaries earn per year?
(a) They receive no salary at all.
(b) Two hundred dollars per year.
(c) Two thousand dollars per year.
(d) Twenty dollars per year.

4. When Abner's oldest son married Noelani's daughter, how does Abner react?
(a) He is rude to her and calls her a heathen.
(b) He burns down their new house.
(c) He confesses that he wanted to marry her, himself.
(d) He welcomes her into the family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of animals does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage to use for meat?

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

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

4. What is the primary setting of Chapter 2?

5. How did trees first begin to grow on the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the island in Chapter 1 was fully formed, the earth shifted, sinking it under 1,200 feet of water again for millions of years. What new feature formed around the island during that time?

3. 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?

4. What do the king and his brother, Teroro, argue bitterly about, when the time comes to build the first temple on their new island, and what compromise do they reach?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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