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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Pages 1- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the novel gloss the term “Menteur”?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Lame.
(c) Mental.
(d) Liar.

2. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”
(b) “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.”
(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.”

3. In what year is Todd born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1950.

4. On which of the following were phosphates earliest found?
(a) Banaba.
(b) Nauru.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Makatea.

5. How does the novel gloss the term “kaveu”?
(a) Coconut crabs.
(b) Date crabs.
(c) Date palms.
(d) Coconut palms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many solar panels does Makatea boast?

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

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

4. What bird do Ina and Hariti find dead on the beach?

5. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?

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