Q 01/05

Where does Maui rank in size among the Hawaiian Islands?

A) Second-largest

B) Fourth-largest

C) Largest

D) Third-largest

Answer · why

A) Second-largest

At about 727 square miles it trails only the Big Island.

Q 02/05

Maui's nickname comes from the low isthmus that joins its two volcanoes. What is the island called?

A) The Friendly Isle

B) The Valley Isle

C) The Garden Isle

D) The Gathering Place

Answer · why

B) The Valley Isle

The isthmus is only about six miles wide, and Kahului sits on it.

Q 03/05

How high is Haleakalā's summit, Puʻu ʻUlaʻula (Red Hill)?

A) 5,400 feet

B) 7,300 feet

C) 9,100 feet

D) 10,023 feet

Answer · why

D) 10,023 feet

Measured from the seafloor the volcano is about five miles tall.

Q 04/05

What does the name Haleakalā mean in Hawaiian?

A) Sleeping giant

B) Path of the gods

C) Mountain of fire

D) House of the sun

Answer · why

D) House of the sun

Early Hawaiians applied the name to the whole mountain, not just the summit crater.

Q 05/05

In legend, the demigod Māui snared the sun from Haleakalā's summit in order to do what?

A) Slow it down and lengthen the day

B) Stop the rains from falling

C) Steal fire for humans

D) Pull new islands from the sea

Answer · why

A) Slow it down and lengthen the day

His grandmother, who lived in the crater, is said to have helped him.