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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mafatu have to endure?
(a) Sadness from the loss of his mother.
(b) Blame for his mother's death.
(c) The ridicule from a step-mother.
(d) Endless mocking and ridicule.

3. What happens to Mafatu's mother after raising the coconut to her son's lips?
(a) She loses conciousness.
(b) She dies.
(c) The other fishermen save her.
(d) She drinks from the coconut.

4. What does Kivi do after flying overhead?
(a) Turns and flies south, leading the way.
(b) Flies home.
(c) Lands on the canoe.
(d) Calls to Mafatu.

5. How does he move toward the idol?
(a) He runs toward it.
(b) He glides toward it.
(c) He circles it.
(d) He inches toward it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mafatu resolved to do?

2. For what does Mafatu search?

3. How does he feel when he moves a bone?

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

5. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?

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