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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does he feel now that his knife is finished?
(a) Brave.
(b) Excited.
(c) Not as brave as he had hoped.
(d) Anxious.
2. How does he fashion a fish trap?
(a) From a piece of trash.
(b) From bamboo.
(c) From a log.
(d) From a shell.
3. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?
(a) A palm tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A tamanu tree.
(d) Reeds.
4. As he is looking at another island, what is he astonished to see?
(a) Smoke rising from the trees.
(b) A storm brewing.
(c) Kivi flying in the sky.
(d) Canoes in the distance.
5. 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 had practiced them more at home.
(d) He wishes he were better at them.
6. What does he think about again?
(a) The island is dangerous.
(b) How hungry he is.
(c) The island he had seen with the smoke rising above the trees.
(d) How alone he is.
7. What does he think about the skills he had acquired back home?
(a) They are proving useful now.
(b) They are a waste.
(c) They help a little.
(d) They need to be improved.
8. What would he never again be called?
(a) Mafatu.
(b) An unskilled boy.
(c) His father's son.
(d) A member of his tribe.
9. The next day, what does Mafatu begin to rebuild?
(a) His friendships.
(b) His life.
(c) His shelter.
(d) His canoe.
10. What does he want from his town and his father?
(a) A job.
(b) Respect.
(c) To find him.
(d) To be left alone.
11. 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) Inside a bag.
(b) Inside the house.
(c) In a hollow tree.
(d) On the beach.
12. What symbolizes the courage it took to approach the sacred idol and seize what he needed?
(a) The banana tree.
(b) The vines.
(c) The clearing.
(d) The spearhead.
13. Why did he initially think that Maui had led him to this island?
(a) So he could practice his hunting skills.
(b) So he would be safe.
(c) So she could speak with him.
(d) So he could have a home of his own.
14. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?
(a) Building his canoe.
(b) The other myriad tasks that need doing.
(c) Taking care of Uri.
(d) Finding food.
15. How does he feel after building a fire?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Content and worn out from the effort.
(c) Warm.
(d) Worried.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does he feel when he moves a bone?
2. What frightens Mafatu?
3. When does the tree fall to the ground?
4. What does he begin to think about killing?
5. What does Mafatu do to the shark?
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