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

2. Once an island is formed, what can further eruptions cause?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Valleys.
(d) All of the given answers.

3. What important position does the king's uncle, Tupuna, pass down to Teroro?
(a) King.
(b) Human sacrifice.
(c) Priest.
(d) Slave.

4. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?
(a) Offerings of food.
(b) A stack of dead bodies.
(c) Baskets of flowers.
(d) Piles of gold bars.

5. What does John Whipple do for the community after he leaves missionary work?
(a) He runs a successful business.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) He offers medical treatment.
(d) Her performs marriages.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, what best describes the island?

2. After nine years in Hawaii, how many children do Abner and Jerusha have?

3. What announcement does Jerusha make when she reaches Hawaii?

4. Who is the volcano goddess?

5. What is the name of the newest god and the island of the gods?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 3, why does the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) insist that Abner Hale get married before he is allowed to sail to Hawaii as a missionary?

4. 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.

5. Teroro is King Tamatoa's brother. Is he loyal to the king or loyal to the high priest? How can you tell?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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