2. Why does Mafatu forget about being hungry and thirsty?
(a) The sight of land spurring him onward.
(b) Uri has fallen in the water.
(c) He sees his goddess.
(d) His father's canoe is behind him.

3. Who might his father think had taken his son?
(a) Moana, the Sea God.
(b) Maui, the Goddess of Fishermen.
(c) His mother's spirit.
(d) Kana.

4. What makes Mafatu feel all but worthless?
(a) His lack of a mother.
(b) His lack of knowledge about fishing.
(c) The silence and disapproval of his father.
(d) His inability to fight.

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

6. What does Mafatu wonder about his father, Tavana Nui?
(a) If he would be upset, once he realizes his son is missing.
(b) It he will be relieved that his son has left.
(c) If he will follow him.
(d) If he will be angry with him.

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

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

9. What does Mafatu's mother decide to do?
(a) Find a new fishing spot.
(b) Brave the elements.
(c) Join the other canoes.
(d) Send Mafatu with the other men.

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

11. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?
(a) Uri is choking for air, stuck under the bow.
(b) A shark is circling his canoe.
(c) Uri is nowhere to be found.
(d) Kivi is calling to him.

12. What does the current do to their canoe?
(a) It goes around it.
(b) It pushes it towards the other canoes.
(c) It takes hold of it.
(d) It spins it around.

13. Who treats Mafatu poorly?
(a) His step-mother.
(b) The other children.
(c) His father and the other children in the village.
(d) His teachers.

14. How does Mafatu feel about his inability to conquer his fears?
(a) Anxious to try again.
(b) Slightly embarrassed but eager to keep attempting.
(c) Unfulfilled and ashamed.
(d) Nervous and shy.

15. What happens just as suddenly?
(a) Uri climbs back in the canoe.
(b) Kivi leaves again.
(c) The wind dies down and the sea is still again.
(d) The canoe stops moving.