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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 Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?
(a) That Kivi never returned.
(b) That Uri was injured.
(c) How his mother died.
(d) The crazy events that led him to the beach on which he now lays.

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

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

4. What does Mafatu now realize about himself?
(a) He misses his tribe.
(b) He is no longer afraid.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) He is afraid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mafatu tries to catch his friend?

2. How has Majatu conquered another fear when saving his dog?

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

4. To where does he head?

5. What is Mafatu's reaction when the water begins to get turbulent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mafatu find in the clearing?

5. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

6. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

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

8. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

9. What does Mafatu make for dinner?

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

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