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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, what does Mafatu begin to rebuild?

2. What does Mafatu do to the shark?

3. What does Mafatu wake up the next morning and remember?

4. What startles Mafatu?

5. He would be able to return home with a boar's tooth necklace as proof of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

2. To what thoughts does the sighting of the wild boar lead?

3. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

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

5. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

6. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

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

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

9. What does Mafatu remember and believe when he wakes up the next morning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu endures many struggles during his journey.

Part 1) How does he struggle on the canoe? How does he overcome these struggles?

Part 2) How doe she struggle on the island? How does he overcome these struggles?

Part 3) How do these trials and tribulations change his character?

Part 4) Could he have made these personal changes without going on this adventure? Why or why not?

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

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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