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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. When the island submerged, what formed over it?
2. What world leader's death is mentioned as occurring around the time period described in Chapter 2?
3. Who is Kelolo?
4. What body of water serves as the setting for the opening section?
5. Who does Noelani, Malama's royal daughter, marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. How could new plants and life forms reach an island as isolated as the one described in Chapter 1?
2. 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.
3. By the time the island emerged again and developed into a lush paradise of unique foliage, ready for discovery, what was the one thing lacking that human explorers would need?
4. What does King Tamatoa plan to do about his conflict with the powerful and dangerous high priest?
5. How well do King Tamatoa and the high priest get along, and why do you think so?
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 the voyage go, and what good and/or bad omens do the travelers encounter?
8. Once an island finally reaches the ocean's surface, is its presence there permanent? Why or why not?
9. In Chapter 1, what natural feature does author James Michener describe as dwarfing all others on Earth, and why?
10. What happened, millions of years ago, when a rupture occurred on the ocean floor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do you think Kamejiro Sakagawa feels, on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? Discuss the ways in which he has expressed his life-long allegiance to Japan, his feelings about Hawaii, and whether his children feel the same or differently about the day's event.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
How did the geographic isolation of Hawaii affect its history, from the time of King Tamatoa's arrival in the 9th century through its annexation by the United States in 1898?
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