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

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

3. What is Mafatu amazed and relieved to discover?
(a) The storm was not very strong.
(b) He has survived.
(c) The hail lasted only a moment.
(d) No whales were around him.

4. What does Mafatu hear some of the other boys calling his crafty work?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Boring.
(d) Woman's work.

5. How are they end up in the churning sea?
(a) When Mafatu's mother jumps overboard.
(b) When the boat collapses.
(c) When their boat capsizes.
(d) When the boat begins to leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mafatu soon amazed to see?

2. What has Mafatu resolved to do this year?

3. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

4. What does Uri do for Mafatu?

5. What does Mafatu have to endure?

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