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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Mafatu feel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Worried.
(c) Content.
(d) Isolated.
2. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?
(a) When his father grew a heart.
(b) A miracle that occurred early in his childhood.
(c) A life-changing event that happened to him early in his childhood.
(d) How he became a member of the tribe.
3. Who is the only person who has ever been nice to the outcast boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kana.
(c) His goddess.
(d) His father.
4. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?
(a) Everyone laughs at him.
(b) He does not have the skills to overcome his fear.
(c) He is overcome by the power of the sea to intimidate him.
(d) He is only successful for a little while.
5. Who might his father think had taken his son?
(a) Maui, the Goddess of Fishermen.
(b) His mother's spirit.
(c) Kana.
(d) Moana, the Sea God.
6. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?
(a) He buries his face in his arms, crying.
(b) He hugs Uri.
(c) He cuts his arm.
(d) He screams.
7. What do the other fishermen do after turning their canoes around?
(a) They slowly head back home.
(b) They head for the safety of dry land.
(c) They count their catch.
(d) They find a new place to fish.
8. What happens eventually and gradually?
(a) The storm lets up.
(b) Mafatu becomes more nervous.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The storm picks up.
9. Why can Mafatu stand up?
(a) Maui is holding his hand.
(b) There is sand beneath his feet.
(c) His mother's spirit stands him up.
(d) Uri helps him.
10. Why does Mafatu forget about being hungry and thirsty?
(a) The sight of land spurring him onward.
(b) His father's canoe is behind him.
(c) He sees his goddess.
(d) Uri has fallen in the water.
11. Against what do the fishermen warn her?
(a) Staying out in the water.
(b) Fishing at night.
(c) Fishing too close to the reef.
(d) Catching sea urchins.
12. 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.
13. To whom does Mafatu pray?
(a) Maui, Goddess of the Fisherman.
(b) Moana, the Sea God.
(c) His mother.
(d) Jesus.
14. For what does Mafatu search?
(a) Signs of land.
(b) Signs of fish.
(c) Signs of Kivi.
(d) Signs of a storm.
15. What does Mafatu have to endure?
(a) Blame for his mother's death.
(b) Endless mocking and ridicule.
(c) The ridicule from a step-mother.
(d) Sadness from the loss of his mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens as the current gets quicker?
2. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?
3. What does Mafatu realize when he is shocked into full awareness by the cold water?
4. What has Mafatu resolved to do this year?
5. What would cause Mafatu to lose his spear or line?
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