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

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

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

4. What does Mafatu have to endure?
(a) Sadness from the loss of his mother.
(b) The ridicule from a step-mother.
(c) Blame for his mother's death.
(d) Endless mocking and ridicule.

5. Into what does he throw "half a dozen green drinking nuts and his fish spear?"
(a) A gourd.
(b) A box.
(c) A bag.
(d) A canoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mafatu decide to do this?

2. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

3. What happens to the tiny canoe?

4. Who treats Mafatu poorly?

5. From what is Mafatu getting no relief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

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

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

4. How does Chapter 2 end?

5. How does Mafatu struggle through the day?

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

7. What improves his mood?

8. For what are the boys preparing?

9. How does Mafatu feel when he sees land in the distance?

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

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