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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. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?
(a) Thunder and lightning.
(b) Rain.
(c) A shadow.
(d) Hail.

2. Who treats Mafatu poorly?
(a) His step-mother.
(b) His teachers.
(c) His father and the other children in the village.
(d) The other children.

3. What gives them relief from the heat?
(a) A cool breeze.
(b) Night.
(c) Shade from Kivi.
(d) Clouds.

4. What is Mafatu amazed and relieved to discover?
(a) The storm was not very strong.
(b) He has survived.
(c) No whales were around him.
(d) The hail lasted only a moment.

5. What does he soon do?
(a) Reaches the summit of the hill.
(b) Climb to the top of the ladder.
(c) Climb to the top of a tree.
(d) Finds fresh water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does he feel when he moves a bone?

2. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?

3. Why does the sight of a shark swimming nearby not stop him?

4. What does Mafatu decide to explore?

5. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?

(see the answer key)

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