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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 soon do?

2. What does Mafatu discover lying on the beach?

3. Why did he initially think that Maui had led him to this island?

4. How does he move toward the idol?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mafatu prepare the pig?

2. Why does Mafatu become frightened?

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

4. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

5. What wakes him the next morning?

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

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

8. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

9. How does Mafatu act like a child?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu has many voids in his life.

Part 1) What are these voids?

Part 2) What is the most important void? How has he been dealing with this void?

Part 3) How does this void lead him to adventure and ultimately to change, growth, and fulfillment?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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