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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 Mafatu do by the shoreline?

2. Where has a current formed?

3. Who emerges from the water, sopping wet?

4. From what is Mafatu getting no relief?

5. To whom does Mafatu pray?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mafatu's most significant shame?

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

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

4. How does Mafatu feel when he sees land in the distance?

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

6. Where does Mafatu head?

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

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

9. What improves his mood?

10. How is Mafatu treated?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

While on the island, Mafatu becomes fearless.

Part 1) How? What does this fearlessness do to his sense of reason?

Part 2) What does this fearlessness keep him from doing? What does this foreshadow?

Part 3) Describe a time when you have felt fearless. How did it affect your decision-making? How did it affect your relationship with others?

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