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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the sight of a shark swimming nearby not stop him?
(a) He is driven by a will to live.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) The water is so cold.
(d) He wants to find Uri.

2. What does Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?
(a) The crazy events that led him to the beach on which he now lays.
(b) That Kivi never returned.
(c) How his mother died.
(d) That Uri was injured.

3. How does he fashion a fish trap?
(a) From bamboo.
(b) From a log.
(c) From a piece of trash.
(d) From a shell.

4. How does he move toward the idol?
(a) He circles it.
(b) He glides toward it.
(c) He runs toward it.
(d) He inches toward it.

5. What happens when Mafatu tries to catch his friend?
(a) He drops him.
(b) He is too late.
(c) He falls in too.
(d) He makes a net.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu use to cauterize the wound on his leg?

2. What can he use to make a raft?

3. How does Mafatu react when he finally realizes how truly isolated he is?

4. Why does Mafatu forget about being hungry and thirsty?

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

(see the answer key)

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