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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what is Mafatu unsure?
(a) What food is safe to eat.
(b) How to hunt.
(c) Where his friends have gone.
(d) Which island he is on.

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

3. He hated doing these tasks back in Hikueru. How does he feel now?
(a) He is grateful for the skills now.
(b) He still hates them.
(c) He wishes he were better at them.
(d) He wishes he had practiced them more at home.

4. How does he feel as he heads out to the reef?
(a) Hoping he can stab the shark.
(b) Secretly hoping he does not encounter the shark.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Excited.

5. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?
(a) Reeds.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) A tamanu tree.
(d) An oak tree.

6. 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) Moana wants him back in the sea.
(b) He will not be able to find shelter.
(c) Moana will not allow him food.
(d) Perhaps Moana was upset for having been cheated.

7. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?
(a) The fruit is missing.
(b) The fruit has been cut cleanly from the branch with a knife.
(c) Smoke from another island.
(d) The fruit is moldy.

8. He has the skill and resources to build a net but cannot get out to the "distant reef" to cast the net without his canoe. What does this do to him?
(a) It irritates him.
(b) It worries him.
(c) It makes him excited about the challenge.
(d) It further complicates the situation.

9. What is Mafatu's reaction when the water begins to get turbulent?
(a) He looks for sharks.
(b) He becomes frightened.
(c) He is not scared anymore.
(d) He looks for Uri.

10. What does Mafatu decide to explore?
(a) His side of the island.
(b) The sea.
(c) The beach.
(d) The other side of this island.

11. What does he begin to think about killing?
(a) Sea urchins.
(b) Fish.
(c) The cannibals.
(d) The pig.

12. To where does he head?
(a) To the banana tree.
(b) To his canoe.
(c) To the other side of the island. Back to the idol.
(d) Back to the beach where he had landed earlier that day.

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

14. Why did he initially think that Maui had led him to this island?
(a) So he could practice his hunting skills.
(b) So he could have a home of his own.
(c) So he would be safe.
(d) So she could speak with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?

3. When does the tree fall to the ground?

4. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?

5. What does Mafatu use to cauterize the wound on his leg?

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