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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used to slide down a lava slide in banana leaves?
(a) His mother.
(b) Him.
(c) Children in Tahiti.
(d) Kana.

2. As he is looking at another island, what is he astonished to see?
(a) Canoes in the distance.
(b) A storm brewing.
(c) Kivi flying in the sky.
(d) Smoke rising from the trees.

3. What happens when Mafatu tries to catch his friend?
(a) He falls in too.
(b) He is too late.
(c) He drops him.
(d) He makes a net.

4. How does he feel now that his knife is finished?
(a) Excited.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Not as brave as he had hoped.
(d) Brave.

5. How does Mafatu feel about the eaten fish?
(a) Slightly irritated.
(b) Upset with Kivi.
(c) Furious at his hours of work gone down the drain.
(d) Glad that Uri had finally eaten.

6. Where are fish hooks made from bone, coconut-shell bowls, an extra clothing garment made waterproof for wet weather, and a coil of sennit found?
(a) On the beach.
(b) Inside the house.
(c) In a hollow tree.
(d) Inside a bag.

7. What startles Mafatu?
(a) A drumming sound.
(b) A wild boar crashing through the bushes.
(c) Uri's barking.
(d) Kivi's call.

8. The next day, what does Mafatu begin to rebuild?
(a) His shelter.
(b) His canoe.
(c) His friendships.
(d) His life.

9. How does he feel after building a fire?
(a) Warm.
(b) Worried.
(c) Content and worn out from the effort.
(d) Anxious.

10. What is a moto tabu?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A Forbidden Island.
(c) A type of food.
(d) His favorite phrase.

11. What is the pyramid topped by a massive figure?
(a) A shelter.
(b) A Sacred Place.
(c) A school.
(d) A dwelling.

12. How do the following days find Mafatu?
(a) Busy all the time.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) More worried.
(d) Excited.

13. What leads toward the sea and to a large clearing?
(a) The trail.
(b) A stream.
(c) Foot prints.
(d) A trail of shells.

14. Why is he starting to think that perhaps his ending up on this spot was a cruel joke on the part of Moana, the Sea God?
(a) He will not be able to find shelter.
(b) Perhaps Moana was upset for having been cheated.
(c) Moana will not allow him food.
(d) Moana wants him back in the sea.

15. What frightens Mafatu?
(a) The current.
(b) To see the shark heading right for his dog.
(c) The waves.
(d) The dark water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does he feel as he heads out to the reef?

2. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred spot?

3. What has happened when he had taken an item from a sacred place?

4. How does Mafatu feel when the construction of a new canoe is complete?

5. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?

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