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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu sees after he slides down the lava slide?

2. What does he want from his town and his father?

3. Who does he praise for bringing him safely to this island and for giving him courage?

4. About what is Mafatu unsure?

5. Why is he starting to think that perhaps his ending up on this spot was a cruel joke on the part of Moana, the Sea God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu make for dinner?

2. What does Mafatu do when he sees the whale?

3. How does Mafatu act like a child?

4. What wakes him the next morning?

5. What happens when Mafatu and Uri are on the raft?

6. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

7. How does Mafatu react when the water becomes turbulent? Why does he react this way?

8. How does Mafatu go about making a raft? Why is the raft important?

9. What are the first steps in making a canoe in Mafatu's culture?

10. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu spends much of his life in isolation.

Part 1) How has he been isolated up to the point his journey begins?

Part 2) How does this journey amplify his isolation?

Part 3) Will he be in isolation after his journey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mafatu takes only the bare essentials on his adventure.

Part 1) What does he take with him? How is this symbolic?

Part 2) How does the training he has received in his culture prepare him find what he needs using these basic supplies?

Part 3) Are you prepared by your culture to survive independently? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

While on the island, Mafatu becomes fearless.

Part 1) How? What does this fearlessness do to his sense of reason?

Part 2) What does this fearlessness keep him from doing? What does this foreshadow?

Part 3) Describe a time when you have felt fearless. How did it affect your decision-making? How did it affect your relationship with others?

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