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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. How does he feel as he heads out to the reef?
(a) Hoping he can stab the shark.
(b) Secretly hoping he does not encounter the shark.
(c) Excited.
(d) Irritated.

2. What happens when Mafatu tries to catch his friend?
(a) He is too late.
(b) He makes a net.
(c) He falls in too.
(d) He drops him.

3. What does he need to make a fishhook?
(a) A shell.
(b) A rock.
(c) Some bone.
(d) Metal.

4. Who helps Mafatu drag the bones down the beach?
(a) Kivi.
(b) Kana.
(c) Uri.
(d) Maui.

5. Where are fish hooks made from bone, coconut-shell bowls, an extra clothing garment made waterproof for wet weather, and a coil of sennit found?
(a) In a hollow tree.
(b) Inside a bag.
(c) Inside the house.
(d) On the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu spot as he and Uri head toward the reef on the raft?

2. What is he able to make?

3. What happens when a large wave tips the raft at a severe angle?

4. What does Mafatu use to cauterize the wound on his leg?

5. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred spot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mafatu act like a child?

2. What does Mafatu make for dinner?

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

4. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

5. What does the spearhead symbolize?

6. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

7. How does Mafatu go about making a raft? Why is the raft important?

8. What are the first steps in making a canoe in Mafatu's culture?

9. What does Mafatu remember and believe when he wakes up the next morning?

10. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

(see the answer keys)

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