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

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

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

5. What is coming their way?
(a) A tidal wave.
(b) A storm.
(c) His father.
(d) A group of warriors.

6. Why does the sight of a shark swimming nearby not stop him?
(a) He is driven by a will to live.
(b) The water is so cold.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He wants to find Uri.

7. When morning comes, who is with Mafatu?
(a) Uri and Kivi.
(b) Kana.
(c) His father.
(d) Himself.

8. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?
(a) She is full of fear.
(b) The food is hard to get to.
(c) She is incredibly weak from the long battle.
(d) She wants the food for herself.

9. The situation becomes very reminiscent of what?
(a) Night.
(b) The storms in his dreams.
(c) Hurrican weather.
(d) The tragic day when Mafatu's mother died.

10. The next day shows what?
(a) An island nearby.
(b) More signs of stormy weather.
(c) Fish to catch.
(d) No signs of the previous night's storm.

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

12. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?
(a) He sits and watches the other men.
(b) He cries.
(c) He fashions spears, nets, and sharkline for the other young boys to use.
(d) He prays to the goddess to help him.

13. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?
(a) He can drink the water.
(b) There is a school of fish below him.
(c) There is a storm coming.
(d) The sharks are circling him.

14. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?
(a) How he became a member of the tribe.
(b) When his father grew a heart.
(c) A life-changing event that happened to him early in his childhood.
(d) A miracle that occurred early in his childhood.

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