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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. From what does Mafatu drink?
(a) The sea.
(b) A canteen.
(c) A coconut.
(d) One of the green drinking nuts.

2. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?
(a) A life-changing event that happened to him early in his childhood.
(b) How he became a member of the tribe.
(c) A miracle that occurred early in his childhood.
(d) When his father grew a heart.

3. Suddenly, what does the bird do?
(a) He flies away.
(b) Flies overhead.
(c) Catches a fish.
(d) Flies to him.

4. To whom does Mafatu pray?
(a) His mother.
(b) Moana, the Sea God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Maui, Goddess of the Fisherman.

5. What happens just as suddenly?
(a) The canoe stops moving.
(b) Uri climbs back in the canoe.
(c) Kivi leaves again.
(d) The wind dies down and the sea is still again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Mafatu at midnight?

2. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?

3. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?

4. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?

5. What is Mafatu convinced will swallow him up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Mafatu's most significant shame?

5. What happens after Mafatu and his mother are washed ashore?

6. What happens during the first major storm?

7. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

8. What happens after the storm? To what does Mafatu awaken?

9. How is Mafatu treated?

10. How does Mafatu struggle through the day?

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