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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 does Uri do for Mafatu?
(a) His thumping tail provides comfort and reassurance.
(b) He licks his face.
(c) He steers the canoe.
(d) He catches fish.

2. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?
(a) His father.
(b) Kana.
(c) Uri.
(d) Kivi.

3. Soon, what comes?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Another night.
(c) His father.
(d) Another storm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mafatu's mother after raising the coconut to her son's lips?

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

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

4. What is coming their way?

5. What does Mafatu hear some of the other boys calling his crafty work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

2. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

3. How does Chapter 2 end?

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

5. What does Mafatu think about his father?

6. What happens during the first major storm?

7. How does Mafatu struggle through the day?

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

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

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

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