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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 he begin to think about killing?

2. How does he feel after the climb to the lookout?

3. Why is he starting to think that perhaps his ending up on this spot was a cruel joke on the part of Moana, the Sea God?

4. What does he want from his town and his father?

5. What startles Mafatu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred platform? Why does he need it?

2. What does Mafatu make for dinner?

3. What does Mafatu do when his canoe is complete?

4. How does Mafatu realize there are humans nearby?

5. How does Mafatu react when the water becomes turbulent? Why does he react this way?

6. How does Mafatu push away thoughts of home and his father?

7. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

8. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

9. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

10. What happens when Mafatu and Uri are on the raft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There is a glimmer of Mafatu's moving toward self-sufficiency and independence.

Part 1) When does this first appear? How does his self-sufficiency and independence grow?

Part 2) How does his new sense of self guide him in the choices he makes?

Part 3) What does he learn about self-sufficiency and independence? Is it always good?

Part 4) Why or why not? How is this relevant in your own life?

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