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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Drums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens eventually and gradually?
(a) Mafatu becomes more nervous.
(b) The storm picks up.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The storm lets up.

2. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?
(a) The hammerhead shark.
(b) The murky water.
(c) The fish.
(d) The current.

3. What does Mafatu discover lying on the beach?
(a) A man.
(b) The skeleton of a whale.
(c) A raft.
(d) A shark.

4. How do the following days find Mafatu?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) More worried.
(c) Excited.
(d) Busy all the time.

5. How has Majatu conquered another fear when saving his dog?
(a) He jumped in the water.
(b) He used a knife.
(c) He used a net.
(d) He killed the shark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does he fashion a fish trap?

3. How does Mafatu fell a tree?

4. How does he feel now that his knife is finished?

5. What gives them relief from the heat?

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