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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 body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?
(a) The Pacific Ocean.
(b) The Arctic Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

2. What living creatures are likely to discover a new island?
(a) Bears and monkeys.
(b) Fish and birds.
(c) Dogs and cats.
(d) Lions and tigers.

3. Learning that the high priest plans to betray the island king, the king and his followers plan to escape by sailing in what direction?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What threatens to destroy the city of Hilo?

2. What god does the island king silently accept, at the temple ceremony?

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

4. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?

5. What task is assigned to the missionaries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once an island finally reaches the ocean's surface, is its presence there permanent? Why or why not?

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

3. When the wife of missionary Abraham Hewlett goes into labor, Abner must deliver the baby. He consults his book on midwifery but won't gather the herbs that the Hawaiian women say that Mrs. Hewlett will need after the birth. What happens as a result?

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

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. 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?

7. 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.

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

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

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

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