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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 happens as the current gets quicker?
(a) Uri falls in the water.
(b) The canoe moves faster.
(c) Kivi returns.
(d) The wind begins to pick up.

2. Who might his father think had taken his son?
(a) His mother's spirit.
(b) Maui, the Goddess of Fishermen.
(c) Moana, the Sea God.
(d) Kana.

3. What do the other fishermen do after turning their canoes around?
(a) They count their catch.
(b) They slowly head back home.
(c) They find a new place to fish.
(d) They head for the safety of dry land.

4. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?
(a) Uri is choking for air, stuck under the bow.
(b) Kivi is calling to him.
(c) A shark is circling his canoe.
(d) Uri is nowhere to be found.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mafatu afraid will disappear, if he takes his eyes off of it?

2. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?

3. What happens just as suddenly?

4. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?

5. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

(see the answer key)

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