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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. The next day shows what?

2. What do the other fishermen do after turning their canoes around?

3. What happens to the tiny canoe?

4. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?

5. How long do they stay in the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Mafatu is thrown from the canoe?

2. How does Mafatu struggle through the day?

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

4. What does Mafatu think about his father?

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

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

7. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

8. What happens to Mafatu and his companions during the second major storm?

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

10. What is Mafatu left wondering years later?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu resolves to overcome his fears.

Part 1) How does his resolve show maturity? How does his resolve also show a childlike dependency?

Part 2) Does he overcome his fears? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) What fears have you overcome? Compare and contrast your experience with that of Mafatu.

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 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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