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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What danger do they survive?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Hypothermia.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) The sharks circling around them.

2. What has happened when Mafatu attempts to overcome his fear?
(a) He does not have the skills to overcome his fear.
(b) Everyone laughs at him.
(c) He is overcome by the power of the sea to intimidate him.
(d) He is only successful for a little while.

3. How does Mafatu feel about his inability to conquer his fears?
(a) Nervous and shy.
(b) Unfulfilled and ashamed.
(c) Slightly embarrassed but eager to keep attempting.
(d) Anxious to try again.

4. What happens to Mafatu's mother after raising the coconut to her son's lips?
(a) She loses conciousness.
(b) The other fishermen save her.
(c) She dies.
(d) She drinks from the coconut.

5. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?
(a) There is a school of fish below him.
(b) He can drink the water.
(c) There is a storm coming.
(d) The sharks are circling him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

2. Years later, what is Mafatu left wondering?

3. When morning comes, who is with Mafatu?

4. From what does Mafatu drink?

5. Who is the only person who has ever been nice to the outcast boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu realize that causes him to be gripped by terror? How does he react?

2. What happens after Mafatu is thrown from the canoe?

3. How does Mafatu struggle through the day?

4. What happens to Mafatu and his companions during the second major storm?

5. What has resulted because of Mafatu's fear?

6. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

7. What does Mafatu realize after the storm has passed?

8. How does Mafatu and his mother end up in danger?

9. Where does Mafatu head?

10. What role does Kivi play in Mafatu's plans?

(see the answer keys)

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