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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mafatu realize all at once?
(a) He is a new man.
(b) He is fearless.
(c) He is home.
(d) He is free.

2. What does the current do to their canoe?
(a) It spins it around.
(b) It pushes it towards the other canoes.
(c) It takes hold of it.
(d) It goes around it.

3. How does he fashion a fish trap?
(a) From bamboo.
(b) From a log.
(c) From a piece of trash.
(d) From a shell.

4. What is Mafatu convinced will swallow him up?
(a) A giant whale.
(b) The Sea God.
(c) A giant wave starts thundering toward the canoe.
(d) An underwater cave.

5. 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?
(a) It worries him.
(b) It makes him excited about the challenge.
(c) It further complicates the situation.
(d) It irritates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened when he had taken an item from a sacred place?

2. What does Mafatu notice about the sound of his chasers?

3. What does Kivi do after flying overhead?

4. Why does the sight of a shark swimming nearby not stop him?

5. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?

(see the answer key)

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