2. 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.

3. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?
(a) Hail.
(b) Thunder and lightning.
(c) A shadow.
(d) Rain.

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

5. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?
(a) He hugs Uri.
(b) He cuts his arm.
(c) He screams.
(d) He buries his face in his arms, crying.

6. What does Mafatu have to endure?
(a) Sadness from the loss of his mother.
(b) Blame for his mother's death.
(c) Endless mocking and ridicule.
(d) The ridicule from a step-mother.

7. 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 wants the food for herself.
(d) She is incredibly weak from the long battle.

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

9. From what does Mafatu drink?
(a) A coconut.
(b) A canteen.
(c) The sea.
(d) One of the green drinking nuts.

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

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

12. How are they end up in the churning sea?
(a) When their boat capsizes.
(b) When Mafatu's mother jumps overboard.
(c) When the boat collapses.
(d) When the boat begins to leak.

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

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

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