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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 is coming their way?
(a) A tidal wave.
(b) A group of warriors.
(c) A storm.
(d) His father.

2. What gives them relief from the heat?
(a) Night.
(b) A cool breeze.
(c) Shade from Kivi.
(d) Clouds.

3. Who does Mafatu begin to follow?
(a) His father.
(b) Kivi.
(c) Uri.
(d) Kana.

4. What no longer hangs around his neck?
(a) A symbol of the Sea God.
(b) His knife.
(c) His canteen.
(d) A gift from his father.

5. What is Mafatu amazed and relieved to discover?
(a) He has survived.
(b) No whales were around him.
(c) The hail lasted only a moment.
(d) The storm was not very strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other fishermen feel about her decision?

2. What does Mafatu's mother decide to do?

3. Why can Mafatu stand up?

4. How does Mafatu's mother respond to the fishermen?

5. The next day shows what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

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

3. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

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

5. Where does Mafatu head?

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

7. How is Mafatu treated?

8. What does Mafatu think about his father?

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

10. What happens during the first major storm?

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