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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who treats Mafatu poorly?
(a) The other children.
(b) His father and the other children in the village.
(c) His teachers.
(d) His step-mother.

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

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

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

5. Years later, what is Mafatu left wondering?
(a) Why his mother stayed on the sea.
(b) How he is ever going to become a fisherman.
(c) When he will see his mother again.
(d) Where his mother has gone.

6. Who might his father think had taken his son?
(a) Maui, the Goddess of Fishermen.
(b) Moana, the Sea God.
(c) Kana.
(d) His mother's spirit.

7. Who does Mafatu begin to follow?
(a) His father.
(b) Kana.
(c) Kivi.
(d) Uri.

8. Suddenly, what does the bird do?
(a) He flies away.
(b) Flies overhead.
(c) Flies to him.
(d) Catches a fish.

9. How does Mafatu's mother respond to the fishermen?
(a) She heeds their warning.
(b) She pays them no attention.
(c) She changes her mind and follows them.
(d) She laughs at them.

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

11. What does Mafatu realize when he is shocked into full awareness by the cold water?
(a) He is drowning.
(b) He has hit his head.
(c) He cannot find his dog.
(d) How far away from home he is.

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

13. For what does Mafatu search?
(a) Signs of Kivi.
(b) Signs of fish.
(c) Signs of land.
(d) Signs of a storm.

14. How does Mafatu feel?
(a) Content.
(b) Worried.
(c) Isolated.
(d) Excited.

15. What is Mafatu amazed and relieved to discover?
(a) The storm was not very strong.
(b) The hail lasted only a moment.
(c) No whales were around him.
(d) He has survived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?

2. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?

3. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?

4. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?

5. What else taunts him?

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