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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 is Mafatu soon amazed to see?
(a) More birds.
(b) Land in the distance.
(c) A cloudless sky.
(d) Fresh water.

2. What happens to Mafatu's mother after raising the coconut to her son's lips?
(a) She dies.
(b) She drinks from the coconut.
(c) She loses conciousness.
(d) The other fishermen save her.

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

4. For what does Mafatu search?
(a) Signs of fish.
(b) Signs of Kivi.
(c) Signs of land.
(d) Signs of a storm.

5. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?
(a) To swim through the coral.
(b) To look for his father.
(c) To catch fish.
(d) To look for sea urchins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mafatu decide to do this?

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

3. What else taunts him?

4. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?

5. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?

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