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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 happens as the current gets quicker?
(a) Uri falls in the water.
(b) The wind begins to pick up.
(c) The canoe moves faster.
(d) Kivi returns.

2. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?
(a) He can drink the water.
(b) There is a school of fish below him.
(c) The sharks are circling him.
(d) There is a storm coming.

3. Why does Mafatu wonder how he could be a brave leader?
(a) If he is not strong enough.
(b) If he is afraid to use weapons.
(c) If he is afraid to venture past the water's edge.
(d) If he does not know how to fish.

4. To whom does Mafatu pray?
(a) His mother.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Maui, Goddess of the Fisherman.
(d) Moana, the Sea God.

5. When morning comes, who is with Mafatu?
(a) Uri and Kivi.
(b) His father.
(c) Kana.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other fishermen do after turning their canoes around?

2. Why can Mafatu stand up?

3. What is it time for the boys to do?

4. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?

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

(see the answer key)

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