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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would cause Mafatu to lose his spear or line?

2. What is Mafatu resolved to do?

3. What happens eventually and gradually?

4. How does Mafatu feel?

5. What is Mafatu convinced will swallow him up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu realize that causes him to be gripped by terror? How does he react?

2. How does Chapter 2 end?

3. What improves his mood?

4. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

5. What does Mafatu realize after the storm has passed?

6. What has happened when Mafatu has attempted to overcome his fear?

7. What is Mafatu's most significant shame?

8. For what are the boys preparing?

9. How is Mafatu treated?

10. What does Mafatu describe at the beginning of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu is very self-sufficient.

Part 1) How is he self-sufficient? What can one learn about Mafatu's culture through his self-sufficiency?

Part 2) How does this new independence and knowledge both help and hurt him?

Part 3) Do you believe that people in our modern culture are self-sufficient? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mafatu has many voids in his life.

Part 1) What are these voids?

Part 2) What is the most important void? How has he been dealing with this void?

Part 3) How does this void lead him to adventure and ultimately to change, growth, and fulfillment?

Essay Topic 3

Mafatu learned many skills when living in Hikueru.

Part 1) What skills does he have? How had he thought about these skills when he had been at home?

Part 2) What does he think of these skills now? Why?

Part 3) How do these skills help build Mafatu's self-esteem?

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