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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. How does he feel after building a fire?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Content and worn out from the effort.
(c) Warm.
(d) Worried.

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

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

4. To where does he head?
(a) To the other side of the island. Back to the idol.
(b) To the banana tree.
(c) To his canoe.
(d) Back to the beach where he had landed earlier that day.

5. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) Reeds.
(d) A tamanu tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu wonder about his father, Tavana Nui?

2. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?

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

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

5. How do the other fishermen feel about her decision?

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