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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do the other fishermen feel about her decision?
(a) Unconcerned.
(b) Concern.
(c) Angry.
(d) Content.

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

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

10. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?
(a) Kana.
(b) Kivi.
(c) His father.
(d) Uri.

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

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

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

14. Who is the only person who has ever been nice to the outcast boy?
(a) His goddess.
(b) Kana.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mafatu react when he finally realizes how truly isolated he is?

2. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?

3. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?

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

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

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