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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 has happened when he had taken an item from a sacred place?

2. He has faced a fear and come out unharmed. What is this?

3. How does he feel now that his knife is finished?

4. He hated doing these tasks back in Hikueru. How does he feel now?

5. What does he think about the skills he had acquired back home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

2. What does the spearhead symbolize?

3. What wakes him the next morning?

4. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

5. What does Mafatu find in the clearing?

6. What are the first steps in making a canoe in Mafatu's culture?

7. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

8. How does Mafatu act like a child?

9. How does Mafatu go about making a raft? Why is the raft important?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Mafatu finds time to act like a child during his journey.

Part 1) How does he act like a child? What does this say about his character?

Part 2) What do his childlike actions remind the reader about this character?

Part 3) Why might the author have made Mafatu act like a child on this island? What is his purpose?

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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