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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 not ready to find food?
(a) He is afraid of the island.
(b) He does not know how to catch food.
(c) He is not yet strong enough to climb one of the many coconut trees on the island.
(d) He does not know where to look for food.

2. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?
(a) Building his canoe.
(b) The other myriad tasks that need doing.
(c) Finding food.
(d) Taking care of Uri.

3. What happens when a large wave tips the raft at a severe angle?
(a) Uri falls into the water.
(b) Kivi falls in the water.
(c) Mafatu falls in the water.
(d) The fish traps fall in the water.

4. What would he never again be called?
(a) An unskilled boy.
(b) Mafatu.
(c) A member of his tribe.
(d) His father's son.

5. He would be able to return home with a boar's tooth necklace as proof of what?
(a) He is strong.
(b) He killed a boar.
(c) He likes to kill.
(d) His bravery and hunting prowess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has rooted Mafatu to the ground?

2. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?

3. How do the following days find Mafatu?

4. What does he need to make a fishhook?

5. What is he able to make?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu find in the clearing?

2. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred platform? Why does he need it?

3. Why does Mafatu decide not to go to his lookout?

4. How does Mafatu react when the water becomes turbulent? Why does he react this way?

5. How does Mafatu push away thoughts of home and his father?

6. What does Mafatu do when his canoe is complete?

7. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

8. What does Mafatu do when he sees the whale?

9. What will happen if he could kill the pig?

10. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

(see the answer keys)

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