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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. How does he feel when he moves a bone?

2. Who used to slide down a lava slide in banana leaves?

3. What does he soon do?

4. 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?

5. How do the following days find Mafatu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is his victory?

2. How does Mafatu realize there are humans nearby?

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

4. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

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

6. What does Mafatu make for dinner?

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

8. What will happen if he could kill the pig?

9. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

10. Why does Mafatu decide not to go to his lookout?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

After arriving on the island, Mafatu finds a spearhead.

Part 1) Why does he take it? How is taking the spearhead a victory?

Part 2) What does the spearhead symbolize?

Part 3) To what does this victory lead? How does this one event change his life forever?

Part 4) Describe an event that had a large impact on your life.

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