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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 Mafatu resolved to do?
(a) Never to return to Hikueru unless he is successful in his pursuit.
(b) Continue doing what he loves.
(c) Run away.
(d) Tell the boys what he thinks of their work.

2. What is Mafatu convinced will swallow him up?
(a) An underwater cave.
(b) A giant whale.
(c) The Sea God.
(d) A giant wave starts thundering toward the canoe.

3. What does Kivi do after flying overhead?
(a) Turns and flies south, leading the way.
(b) Flies home.
(c) Calls to Mafatu.
(d) Lands on the canoe.

4. How do the other fishermen feel about her decision?
(a) Concern.
(b) Angry.
(c) Unconcerned.
(d) Content.

5. What has Mafatu resolved to do this year?
(a) Shrug off his restraints and face his fear.
(b) Tell his father how he feels.
(c) Learn a new skill.
(d) Leave home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu have to endure?

2. What danger do they survive?

3. What is Mafatu afraid will disappear, if he takes his eyes off of it?

4. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?

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

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 and his mother are washed ashore?

3. What is Mafatu's most significant shame?

4. What does Mafatu describe at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

6. What happens during the first major storm?

7. For what are the boys preparing?

8. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

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

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

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