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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 does Kivi do after flying overhead?

2. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?

3. How are they end up in the churning sea?

4. What else taunts him?

5. Where has a current formed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the first major storm?

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

3. What improves his mood?

4. What happens after the storm? To what does Mafatu awaken?

5. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

6. What happens after Mafatu and his mother are washed ashore?

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

8. What has resulted because of Mafatu's fear?

9. How does Chapter 2 end?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu chooses to leave before the others wake.

Part 1) Why does he do this? What does he wonder about his tribe?

Part 2) What do you think were the reactions of the tribe? Use the text to support your response.

Part 3) How would your family react if they woke up one morning and you were gone? Compare and contrast their reaction to what you believe might be Mafatu's tribe's reaction.

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 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?

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