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

2. What does Mafatu begin to take care of?

3. About what is Mafatu unsure?

4. Where are fish hooks made from bone, coconut-shell bowls, an extra clothing garment made waterproof for wet weather, and a coil of sennit found?

5. What have been recently burned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mafatu do when he sees the whale?

4. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

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

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

7. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

8. How does Mafatu realize there are humans nearby?

9. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

10. What wakes him the next morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu prays to the Goddess of the Fishermen.

Part 1) Who is this goddess? Why does he pray to this goddess?

Part 2) Does the goddess help him? Why or why not?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Mafatu behavior in times of trouble and need to your behavior.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Mafatu goes through great change during his first day on the island.

Part 1) Describe this change. Why does this change occur?

Part 2) How does it affect the decisions he later makes?

Part 3) Predict how this change will affect him when he returns home.

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