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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can he use to make a raft?
(a) A tree.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Bamboo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does he think about again?
(a) How hungry he is.
(b) How alone he is.
(c) The island he had seen with the smoke rising above the trees.
(d) The island is dangerous.

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

11. How does Mafatu fall asleep?
(a) Fitfully.
(b) Quckly.
(c) Eventually.
(d) Full of his own confidence.

12. What does Mafatu sees after he slides down the lava slide?
(a) A whale in the water.
(b) A manmade path leading through the jungle.
(c) A school of fish.
(d) Fresh water.

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

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

15. How does Mafatu fell a tree?
(a) By tying a rope to it and pulling on it.
(b) By burning the base of the tree.
(c) With an axe.
(d) By climbing up it and leaning to the side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?

2. 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?

3. How does he feel when he moves a bone?

4. What does Mafatu begin fashioning?

5. Who does he praise for bringing him safely to this island and for giving him courage?

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