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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soon, what comes?
(a) Another storm.
(b) His father.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Another night.

2. What does he make out of coconut-tree fronds?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Clothing.
(c) A plate.
(d) A lean-to.

3. What does Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?
(a) That Kivi never returned.
(b) How his mother died.
(c) The crazy events that led him to the beach on which he now lays.
(d) That Uri was injured.

4. How does Mafatu react when he finally realizes how truly isolated he is?
(a) Slightly nervous.
(b) Relaxed for the first time.
(c) Gripped by terror.
(d) Unsure.

5. From what does Mafatu drink?
(a) A coconut.
(b) One of the green drinking nuts.
(c) The sea.
(d) A canteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu's mother decide to do?

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

3. Into what does he throw "half a dozen green drinking nuts and his fish spear?"

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 do the people see?

(see the answer key)

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