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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 can Mafatu stand up?
(a) Maui is holding his hand.
(b) His mother's spirit stands him up.
(c) There is sand beneath his feet.
(d) Uri helps him.

2. What happens to the tiny canoe?
(a) It spins in a circle.
(b) It tips over.
(c) It is lifted into the air and torn to splinters on the reef.
(d) It speeds up.

3. How does Mafatu feel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Worried.
(c) Isolated.
(d) Content.

4. Why does Mafatu decide not to go to his lookout to check for the arrival of the eaters-of-men?
(a) It wasted too much of his time.
(b) It is scary.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is too tired.

5. What is he able to make?
(a) A hammock.
(b) A flying machine.
(c) A gun.
(d) Nets, knives, sharkline and fishhooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu realize when he is shocked into full awareness by the cold water?

2. He would be able to return home with a boar's tooth necklace as proof of what?

3. How does Mafatu fall asleep?

4. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?

5. What can he use to make a raft?

(see the answer key)

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