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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Drums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used to slide down a lava slide in banana leaves?
(a) Kana.
(b) Him.
(c) His mother.
(d) Children in Tahiti.

2. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?
(a) The fruit has been cut cleanly from the branch with a knife.
(b) The fruit is moldy.
(c) The fruit is missing.
(d) Smoke from another island.

3. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?
(a) As the tree is falling.
(b) After the tree has fallen.
(c) Before he fells the tree.
(d) When the fire has almost burned through the trunk of the tree.

4. How does Mafatu fell a tree?
(a) By tying a rope to it and pulling on it.
(b) By burning the base of the tree.
(c) With an axe.
(d) By climbing up it and leaning to the side.

5. How does he feel after building a fire?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Warm.
(c) Content and worn out from the effort.
(d) Worried.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?

3. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?

4. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?

5. What does Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?

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