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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Big Island: Doorway to the Other Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pila say is served on the average traveler's plate with breakfast in Chapter 1?
(a) A rose.
(b) A lily.
(c) An orchid.
(d) A conch shell.

2. Each of the remaining tribes on the Hawaiian islands colored themselves after a color from what?
(a) The flowers.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The rainbow.
(d) The trees.

3. In Chapter 4, Pila writes that the key to solving problems is what?
(a) Attitude.
(b) Faith.
(c) Money.
(d) Ingenuity.

4. What word refers to the God force in the Hawaiian belief system?
(a) Kahuna.
(b) Tiki.
(c) Huala.
(d) Huna.

5. What phrase did the owner of the Chicken Shack greet Pila with?
(a) Welcome home.
(b) Aye Cap'n.
(c) Hi G.I.
(d) Hello Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaii did Pila return to after the war?

2. The Children of God were also called the Children of the what?

3. What is a Hawaiian word for veranda?

4. What does Pila say litters the beaches of Hawaii?

5. Where did Pila open a small curio shop?

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