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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 the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?

2. Against what do the fishermen warn her?

3. The next day shows what?

4. Who does Mafatu begin to follow?

5. Soon, what comes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

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

3. How is Mafatu treated?

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

5. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

6. How does Mafatu and his mother end up in danger?

7. What role does Kivi play in Mafatu's plans?

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

9. What happens during the first major storm?

10. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mafatu takes only the bare essentials on his adventure.

Part 1) What does he take with him? How is this symbolic?

Part 2) How does the training he has received in his culture prepare him find what he needs using these basic supplies?

Part 3) Are you prepared by your culture to survive independently? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Mafatu learns a lesson during the last chapter.

Part 1) What is this lesson? What events lead up to this lesson?

Part 2) How will this lesson help him through life?

Part 3) What can you learn from this lesson? How is it relevant to you?

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