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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mafatu fall asleep?
(a) Quckly.
(b) Fitfully.
(c) Full of his own confidence.
(d) Eventually.

2. What happens eventually and gradually?
(a) The storm lets up.
(b) Mafatu becomes more nervous.
(c) The storm picks up.
(d) The sun sets.

3. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?
(a) Everyone laughs at him.
(b) He does not have the skills to overcome his fear.
(c) He is only successful for a little while.
(d) He is overcome by the power of the sea to intimidate him.

4. What does the Great Chief announce to the crowd?
(a) He has a new son.
(b) His son is now to be called "Stout Heart."
(c) His son is dead.
(d) He wants to know what has happened to his son.

5. What does he need to make a fishhook?
(a) Some bone.
(b) Metal.
(c) A rock.
(d) A shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What eliminates one fear from Mafatu's mind?

2. How does Mafatu fell a tree?

3. The next day, what does Mafatu begin to rebuild?

4. He has the skill and resources to build a net but cannot get out to the "distant reef" to cast the net without his canoe. What does this do to him?

5. What does he use to pull himself up the slope?

(see the answer key)

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