I do not dispute the fact that the tourism industry brings in much needed revenue to the
state (l. 25-26)
In the sentence above, the word that can replace dispute, without significant change of meaning, is:
Simplifying the culture merely for financial gain may actually cost Hawaiians more than they
think (l. 24-25)
The underlined word is used to express the notion of:
Would they proudly applaud our efforts to preserve their contributions to history? (l. 15-16)
Considering how the author believes the Hawaiian ancestors would react, the question above
could be answered in the following way:
The first paragraph describes a scene related to Hawaiian culture, but the purpose of this
description is presented in the second paragraph.
According to the author’s point of view, the aim of this scene is: