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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?
(a) He sits and watches the other men.
(b) He prays to the goddess to help him.
(c) He fashions spears, nets, and sharkline for the other young boys to use.
(d) He cries.

2. What danger do they survive?
(a) Starvation.
(b) The sharks circling around them.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Hypothermia.

3. How long do they stay in the sea?
(a) For a few hours.
(b) For the whole of the night.
(c) One week.
(d) Two days.

4. What has Mafatu resolved to do this year?
(a) Leave home.
(b) Learn a new skill.
(c) Tell his father how he feels.
(d) Shrug off his restraints and face his fear.

5. From what is Mafatu getting no relief?
(a) His hunger.
(b) His fear.
(c) Uri's whining.
(d) The blistering sun and thirst.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is coming their way?

2. The situation becomes very reminiscent of what?

3. What gives them relief from the heat?

4. How are they end up in the churning sea?

5. How does Mafatu's mother respond to the fishermen?

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