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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141 - 235.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Before the Earth, / before the moon, / before the stars, / before the sun, / before the sky, / even before the sea, / there was only time and Ta’aroa.”
(b) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”
(c) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(d) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

2. In what year does Evie begin college?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1973.

3. Who was Didier’s predecessor in office?
(a) Jules Amaru.
(b) Arthur Watanabe.
(c) Clark Poeti.
(d) Verne Beauregard.

4. Which of the following poets’ work does Rafi display in his dorm room?
(a) Gwendolyn Brooks.
(b) Hettie Jones.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Amiri Baraka.

5. Which of the following does Todd note receiving as a gift?
(a) Rotoscope.
(b) Telescope.
(c) Oscilloscope.
(d) Periscope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do phosphate operations on Makatea cease?

2. On which atoll had the Queen worked?

3. How does the novel gloss the term “kaveu”?

4. Which of the following islands does Evie favor?

5. How old is Todd in the present of the novel?

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