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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Malama, the royal Anii-Nui, treat the missionaries when they arrive in Hawaii?
2. What is the primary setting of Chapter 2?
3. How does Abner meet John Whipple?
4. What does Keoki tell Abner about the rocks in Malama's garden?
5. What does John Whipple do for the community after he leaves missionary work?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the voyage go, and what good and/or bad omens do the travelers encounter?
2. Teroro is King Tamatoa's brother. Is he loyal to the king or loyal to the high priest? How can you tell?
3. In Chapter 1, what natural feature does author James Michener describe as dwarfing all others on Earth, and why?
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. Abner and his wife, Jerusha, had four children. When Jerusha dies, what becomes of their children?
6. 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?
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. What hard emotional choice much Teroro make, when it is time for the group to sail north?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the 1950's, Elinor Henderson (descendant of missionary Immanuel Quigley) refers to Kelly Kaanakoa and the Hawaiian people as "The Dispossessed." When he protests that he has everything he wants, she retorts: "You don't have your islands. The Japanese have them. You don't have the money. The Chinese have that. You don't have the land. The Fort has that. And you don't have your gods. My ancestors took care of that." Evaluate the fairness or unfairness of her statement, in light of the book's events.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the relationship shared by each of the following couples:
(a) Abner Hale and his wife Jerusha;
(b) Mun Ki and his wife Nyuk Tsin; and
(c) Malama (the Alii Nui) and her husband Kelolo
Essay Topic 3
What might have happened differently if all of the missionaries who initially came to Hawaii had been like Abner Hale? What might have happened differently if they had all been like John Whipple?
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