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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 Mafatu fall asleep?
(a) Fitfully.
(b) Eventually.
(c) Quckly.
(d) Full of his own confidence.

2. How do the following days find Mafatu?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Busy all the time.
(c) More worried.
(d) Excited.

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

4. He hated doing these tasks back in Hikueru. How does he feel now?
(a) He wishes he had practiced them more at home.
(b) He is grateful for the skills now.
(c) He still hates them.
(d) He wishes he were better at them.

5. As he is looking at another island, what is he astonished to see?
(a) Smoke rising from the trees.
(b) Canoes in the distance.
(c) A storm brewing.
(d) Kivi flying in the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does he praise for bringing him safely to this island and for giving him courage?

2. What does Mafatu begin fashioning?

3. What does he think about again?

4. What is a moto tabu?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What wakes him the next morning?

4. What does the spearhead symbolize?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

10. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

(see the answer keys)

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