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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is coming their way?
(a) A storm.
(b) His father.
(c) A tidal wave.
(d) A group of warriors.

2. What has Mafatu resolved to do this year?
(a) Learn a new skill.
(b) Shrug off his restraints and face his fear.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Tell his father how he feels.

3. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?
(a) Continue to fish.
(b) Head back to shore.
(c) Continue looking for sea urchins.
(d) Send Mafatu with the other fishermen.

4. What happens to the tiny canoe?
(a) It tips over.
(b) It spins in a circle.
(c) It is lifted into the air and torn to splinters on the reef.
(d) It speeds up.

5. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?
(a) He can drink the water.
(b) There is a storm coming.
(c) The sharks are circling him.
(d) There is a school of fish below him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who treats Mafatu poorly?

2. What happens eventually and gradually?

3. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?

4. What is it time for the boys to do?

5. For what does Mafatu search?

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