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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?
(a) The hammerhead shark.
(b) The fish.
(c) The current.
(d) The murky water.

2. How does he feel when he moves a bone?
(a) Worried.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Surprised.

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

4. How has Majatu conquered another fear when saving his dog?
(a) He used a knife.
(b) He used a net.
(c) He jumped in the water.
(d) He killed the shark.

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

6. What does he think about the skills he had acquired back home?
(a) They need to be improved.
(b) They help a little.
(c) They are proving useful now.
(d) They are a waste.

7. What does he soon do?
(a) Reaches the summit of the hill.
(b) Climb to the top of the ladder.
(c) Climb to the top of a tree.
(d) Finds fresh water.

8. What swallows the fish Mafatu has caught?
(a) The shark.
(b) Kivi.
(c) A wave.
(d) Uri.

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

10. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred spot?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Food.
(c) A knife.
(d) A spearhead.

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

12. What has happened when he had taken an item from a sacred place?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Lightning and thunder.
(c) Drumming.
(d) A strong wind blew.

13. He would be able to return home with a boar's tooth necklace as proof of what?
(a) He likes to kill.
(b) He is strong.
(c) His bravery and hunting prowess.
(d) He killed a boar.

14. Why is Mafatu not ready to find food?
(a) He does not know how to catch food.
(b) He does not know where to look for food.
(c) He is not yet strong enough to climb one of the many coconut trees on the island.
(d) He is afraid of the island.

15. What would he never again be called?
(a) Mafatu.
(b) A member of his tribe.
(c) An unskilled boy.
(d) His father's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu discover lying on the beach?

2. What does he think about again?

3. How does he move toward the idol?

4. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?

5. 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?

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