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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the tiny canoe?
(a) It speeds up.
(b) It spins in a circle.
(c) It is lifted into the air and torn to splinters on the reef.
(d) It tips over.

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

3. What else taunts him?
(a) The sea.
(b) The tribal warriors.
(c) The fish.
(d) His mother, in his dreams.

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

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

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

7. What wakes Mafatu at midnight?
(a) Uri's wimpering.
(b) Kivi's call.
(c) Drums.
(d) A great thunderous noise.

8. What is it time for the boys to do?
(a) Prepare for fishing.
(b) Eat a meal.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Say a prayer.

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

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

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

12. What happens as the current gets quicker?
(a) Kivi returns.
(b) Uri falls in the water.
(c) The canoe moves faster.
(d) The wind begins to pick up.

13. What danger do they survive?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) The sharks circling around them.
(d) Hypothermia.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mafatu feel about the sea?

3. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?

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

5. What does Uri do for Mafatu?

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