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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 move toward the idol?
(a) He glides toward it.
(b) He runs toward it.
(c) He inches toward it.
(d) He circles it.

2. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?
(a) As the tree is falling.
(b) After the tree has fallen.
(c) When the fire has almost burned through the trunk of the tree.
(d) Before he fells the tree.

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

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

5. Why does Mafatu build up a large fire?
(a) He is cold.
(b) So others will see him.
(c) So that he can heat some stones.
(d) To burn his trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pyramid topped by a massive figure?

2. What does he think about again?

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

4. What does the boy plan to wait until the next day to do?

5. What does he make out of coconut-tree fronds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

4. How does Mafatu realize there are humans nearby?

5. What is his victory?

6. What does the spearhead symbolize?

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

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

9. How does Mafatu act like a child?

10. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

(see the answer keys)

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