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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?
(a) Continue to fish.
(b) Head back to shore.
(c) Send Mafatu with the other fishermen.
(d) Continue looking for sea urchins.

2. What does Mafatu wonder about his father, Tavana Nui?
(a) If he will follow him.
(b) If he will be angry with him.
(c) If he would be upset, once he realizes his son is missing.
(d) It he will be relieved that his son has left.

3. What makes Mafatu feel all but worthless?
(a) The silence and disapproval of his father.
(b) His inability to fight.
(c) His lack of a mother.
(d) His lack of knowledge about fishing.

4. How does Mafatu feel about the sea?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Excited.
(d) Fear.

5. From what is Mafatu getting no relief?
(a) His fear.
(b) The blistering sun and thirst.
(c) His hunger.
(d) Uri's whining.

6. Why does Mafatu decide to do this?
(a) To be more helpful.
(b) To get away from those who tease him.
(c) In order to prove his worth as a fisherman.
(d) In order to have a better relationship with his father.

7. To whom does Mafatu pray?
(a) His mother.
(b) Maui, Goddess of the Fisherman.
(c) Moana, the Sea God.
(d) Jesus.

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

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

10. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?
(a) To look for his father.
(b) To swim through the coral.
(c) To catch fish.
(d) To look for sea urchins.

11. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Anger.

12. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?
(a) Uri is nowhere to be found.
(b) A shark is circling his canoe.
(c) Uri is choking for air, stuck under the bow.
(d) Kivi is calling to him.

13. What do the other fishermen do after turning their canoes around?
(a) They slowly head back home.
(b) They count their catch.
(c) They find a new place to fish.
(d) They head for the safety of dry land.

14. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?
(a) He is perceived to be a bringer of bad luck.
(b) He is not skilled enough to fish.
(c) His father worries about him.
(d) There are too many fishermen.

15. What does Uri do for Mafatu?
(a) He licks his face.
(b) His thumping tail provides comfort and reassurance.
(c) He steers the canoe.
(d) He catches fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mafatu feel?

2. Who might his father think had taken his son?

3. What gives them relief from the heat?

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

5. What wakes Mafatu at midnight?

(see the answer keys)

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