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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kivi do after flying overhead?
(a) Lands on the canoe.
(b) Calls to Mafatu.
(c) Turns and flies south, leading the way.
(d) Flies home.

2. What happens to Mafatu's mother after raising the coconut to her son's lips?
(a) The other fishermen save her.
(b) She drinks from the coconut.
(c) She dies.
(d) She loses conciousness.

3. Why does Mafatu decide to do this?
(a) To be more helpful.
(b) In order to have a better relationship with his father.
(c) To get away from those who tease him.
(d) In order to prove his worth as a fisherman.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where has a current formed?
(a) Around her canoe.
(b) On the other side of the reef.
(c) By the other canoes.
(d) By the shoulder of the reef passage.

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

11. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?
(a) He does not have the skills to overcome his fear.
(b) He is only successful for a little while.
(c) Everyone laughs at him.
(d) He is overcome by the power of the sea to intimidate him.

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

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

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 has Mafatu resolved to do this year?
(a) Leave home.
(b) Shrug off his restraints and face his fear.
(c) Tell his father how he feels.
(d) Learn a new skill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?

3. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

4. What makes Mafatu feel all but worthless?

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

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