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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are they end up in the churning sea?
(a) When their boat capsizes.
(b) When the boat collapses.
(c) When the boat begins to leak.
(d) When Mafatu's mother jumps overboard.

2. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?
(a) His father worries about him.
(b) He is perceived to be a bringer of bad luck.
(c) He is not skilled enough to fish.
(d) There are too many fishermen.

3. Who is the only person who has ever been nice to the outcast boy?
(a) Kana.
(b) His father.
(c) His goddess.
(d) His mother.

4. Years later, what is Mafatu left wondering?
(a) When he will see his mother again.
(b) Why his mother stayed on the sea.
(c) How he is ever going to become a fisherman.
(d) Where his mother has gone.

5. Where has a current formed?
(a) On the other side of the reef.
(b) By the other canoes.
(c) Around her canoe.
(d) By the shoulder of the reef passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mafatu resolved to do?

2. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?

3. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?

4. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?

5. How does Mafatu feel about his inability to conquer his fears?

(see the answer key)

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