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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. Why can Mafatu stand up?
(a) Maui is holding his hand.
(b) His mother's spirit stands him up.
(c) There is sand beneath his feet.
(d) Uri helps him.

2. What is Mafatu afraid will disappear, if he takes his eyes off of it?
(a) The wedge of land rising out of the sea.
(b) Kivi.
(c) Uri's body.
(d) His father's canoe.

3. Years later, what is Mafatu left wondering?
(a) When he will see his mother again.
(b) How he is ever going to become a fisherman.
(c) Why his mother stayed on the sea.
(d) Where his mother has gone.

4. What does Uri do for Mafatu?
(a) He catches fish.
(b) He steers the canoe.
(c) He licks his face.
(d) His thumping tail provides comfort and reassurance.

5. What gives them relief from the heat?
(a) A cool breeze.
(b) Night.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Shade from Kivi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?

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

3. How do the other fishermen feel about her decision?

4. What happens eventually and gradually?

5. How does Mafatu feel?

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