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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Drums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?
(a) Uri.
(b) Kana.
(c) His father.
(d) Kivi.

2. What is Mafatu's reaction when the water begins to get turbulent?
(a) He looks for sharks.
(b) He becomes frightened.
(c) He looks for Uri.
(d) He is not scared anymore.

3. The situation becomes very reminiscent of what?
(a) Night.
(b) The storms in his dreams.
(c) The tragic day when Mafatu's mother died.
(d) Hurrican weather.

4. What symbolizes the courage it took to approach the sacred idol and seize what he needed?
(a) The spearhead.
(b) The vines.
(c) The banana tree.
(d) The clearing.

5. What happens when a large wave tips the raft at a severe angle?
(a) Mafatu falls in the water.
(b) Uri falls into the water.
(c) Kivi falls in the water.
(d) The fish traps fall in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Mafatu pray?

2. Who might his father think had taken his son?

3. From what is Mafatu getting no relief?

4. He has the skill and resources to build a net but cannot get out to the "distant reef" to cast the net without his canoe. What does this do to him?

5. Why is he starting to think that perhaps his ending up on this spot was a cruel joke on the part of Moana, the Sea God?

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