View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?
(a) That Kivi never returned.
(b) That Uri was injured.
(c) How his mother died.
(d) The crazy events that led him to the beach on which he now lays.

2. 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 worries him.
(b) It further complicates the situation.
(c) It irritates him.
(d) It makes him excited about the challenge.

3. What does he make out of coconut-tree fronds?
(a) A plate.
(b) Clothing.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A lean-to.

4. How does Mafatu feel when the construction of a new canoe is complete?
(a) Excited to drop the craft in the water.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Worn out.
(d) Sad.

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

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

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

8. How does he fashion a fish trap?
(a) From a shell.
(b) From a log.
(c) From a piece of trash.
(d) From bamboo.

9. What does he use to pull himself up the slope?
(a) The hanging vines.
(b) A ladder.
(c) Roots.
(d) A tree.

10. What does he want from his town and his father?
(a) Respect.
(b) To be left alone.
(c) To find him.
(d) A job.

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

12. What does Mafatu do to the shark?
(a) He grabs him.
(b) He taunts him.
(c) He stabs him in the belly.
(d) He pushes on his gills.

13. 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 a waste.
(d) They are proving useful now.

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

15. What does Mafatu spot as he and Uri head toward the reef on the raft?
(a) A man.
(b) Fish.
(c) The dorsal fin of the shark poking through the water.
(d) Canoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. He hated doing these tasks back in Hikueru. How does he feel now?

2. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?

3. The next day, what does Mafatu begin to rebuild?

4. How does he move toward the idol?

5. To where does he head?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 558 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample