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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mafatu discover lying on the beach?
(a) The skeleton of a whale.
(b) A raft.
(c) A man.
(d) A shark.

2. What does Mafatu realize all at once?
(a) He is a new man.
(b) He is fearless.
(c) He is free.
(d) He is home.

3. What does Mafatu notice in the distance that gives him hope?
(a) The "lagoon-fire."
(b) Land.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Sunlight.

4. What does he want from his town and his father?
(a) To be left alone.
(b) Respect.
(c) To find him.
(d) A job.

5. Why did he initially think that Maui had led him to this island?
(a) So he could practice his hunting skills.
(b) So he could have a home of his own.
(c) So she could speak with him.
(d) So he would be safe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the tree fall to the ground?

2. What does he begin to think about killing?

3. What no longer hangs around his neck?

4. What does Mafatu do to the shark?

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

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