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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mafatu resolved to do?
(a) Never to return to Hikueru unless he is successful in his pursuit.
(b) Tell the boys what he thinks of their work.
(c) Run away.
(d) Continue doing what he loves.

2. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?
(a) She is full of fear.
(b) She is incredibly weak from the long battle.
(c) She wants the food for herself.
(d) The food is hard to get to.

3. What danger do they survive?
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Starvation.
(c) The sharks circling around them.
(d) Dehydration.

4. What makes Mafatu feel all but worthless?
(a) His lack of knowledge about fishing.
(b) His inability to fight.
(c) The silence and disapproval of his father.
(d) His lack of a mother.

5. Where has a current formed?
(a) By the shoulder of the reef passage.
(b) By the other canoes.
(c) Around her canoe.
(d) On the other side of the reef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu's mother decide to do?

2. Against what do the fishermen warn her?

3. What is coming their way?

4. What does Mafatu hear some of the other boys calling his crafty work?

5. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?

(see the answer key)

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