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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens just as suddenly?
(a) Kivi leaves again.
(b) The canoe stops moving.
(c) Uri climbs back in the canoe.
(d) The wind dies down and the sea is still again.

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

7. What is Mafatu afraid will disappear, if he takes his eyes off of it?
(a) Kivi.
(b) The wedge of land rising out of the sea.
(c) His father's canoe.
(d) Uri's body.

8. What gives them relief from the heat?
(a) A cool breeze.
(b) Shade from Kivi.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Night.

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

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

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

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

13. What is Mafatu resolved to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Continue doing what he loves.
(c) Tell the boys what he thinks of their work.
(d) Never to return to Hikueru unless he is successful in his pursuit.

14. How does Mafatu feel about his inability to conquer his fears?
(a) Unfulfilled and ashamed.
(b) Anxious to try again.
(c) Nervous and shy.
(d) Slightly embarrassed but eager to keep attempting.

15. 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) Uri has fallen in the water.
(d) He sees his goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the current gets quicker?

2. Who treats Mafatu poorly?

3. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?

4. What no longer hangs around his neck?

5. From what does Mafatu drink?

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