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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. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?
(a) He is not skilled enough to fish.
(b) He is perceived to be a bringer of bad luck.
(c) His father worries about him.
(d) There are too many fishermen.

2. Who might his father think had taken his son?
(a) Kana.
(b) Moana, the Sea God.
(c) Maui, the Goddess of Fishermen.
(d) His mother's spirit.

3. Who treats Mafatu poorly?
(a) His teachers.
(b) The other children.
(c) His father and the other children in the village.
(d) His step-mother.

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

5. What is Mafatu soon amazed to see?
(a) A cloudless sky.
(b) Land in the distance.
(c) Fresh water.
(d) More birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mafatu forget about being hungry and thirsty?

2. What is it time for the boys to do?

3. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

4. What no longer hangs around his neck?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

3. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

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

5. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

6. How is Mafatu treated?

7. Where does Mafatu head?

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

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

10. How does Chapter 2 end?

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