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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the hours pass?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Steadily.
(c) Unnoticed.
(d) Slowly.

2. How long do they stay in the sea?
(a) For a few hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) For the whole of the night.

3. What can Mafatu hear?
(a) The sounds of the sea.
(b) Kivi calling.
(c) Uri barking.
(d) The savages' chanting close behind him.

4. What would cause Mafatu to lose his spear or line?
(a) The rough seas.
(b) Bad memories would take over his hands.
(c) A large fish.
(d) Other children.

5. What does he think about the skills he had acquired back home?
(a) They are proving useful now.
(b) They are a waste.
(c) They help a little.
(d) They need to be improved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens eventually and gradually?

2. How does Mafatu feel about the eaten fish?

3. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?

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

5. How is the eaters-of-men's pursuit?

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