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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 he think about again?
(a) The island he had seen with the smoke rising above the trees.
(b) The island is dangerous.
(c) How hungry he is.
(d) How alone he is.

2. What does Mafatu discover lying on the beach?
(a) A man.
(b) A shark.
(c) The skeleton of a whale.
(d) A raft.

3. How does he feel when he moves a bone?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Worried.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Frightened.

4. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?
(a) Smoke from another island.
(b) The fruit has been cut cleanly from the branch with a knife.
(c) The fruit is moldy.
(d) The fruit is missing.

5. When does the tree fall to the ground?
(a) When the fire has burned through the trunk.
(b) When a strong wind blows.
(c) When it yields to Mafatu pulling on the rope.
(d) When it yields to his weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened when he had taken an item from a sacred place?

2. What has rooted Mafatu to the ground?

3. He hated doing these tasks back in Hikueru. How does he feel now?

4. As he is looking at another island, what is he astonished to see?

5. What leads toward the sea and to a large clearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what thoughts does the sighting of the wild boar lead?

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

3. How does Mafatu act like a child?

4. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

5. What happens when Mafatu and Uri are on the raft?

6. What wakes him the next morning?

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

8. What does Mafatu find in the clearing?

9. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

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

(see the answer keys)

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