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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The next day shows what?
(a) An island nearby.
(b) Fish to catch.
(c) More signs of stormy weather.
(d) No signs of the previous night's storm.

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

3. What does Mafatu sees after he slides down the lava slide?
(a) A manmade path leading through the jungle.
(b) A whale in the water.
(c) A school of fish.
(d) Fresh water.

4. What does he make out of coconut-tree fronds?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A plate.
(c) A lean-to.
(d) A blanket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mafatu fall asleep?

2. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?

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

4. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?

5. Into what does he throw "half a dozen green drinking nuts and his fish spear?"

(see the answer key)

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