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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as the current gets quicker?
(a) The wind begins to pick up.
(b) Uri falls in the water.
(c) The canoe moves faster.
(d) Kivi returns.

2. How long do they stay in the sea?
(a) For the whole of the night.
(b) For a few hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

3. For what does Mafatu search?
(a) Signs of fish.
(b) Signs of Kivi.
(c) Signs of a storm.
(d) Signs of land.

4. What gives them relief from the heat?
(a) Clouds.
(b) A cool breeze.
(c) Shade from Kivi.
(d) Night.

5. Years later, what is Mafatu left wondering?
(a) How he is ever going to become a fisherman.
(b) When he will see his mother again.
(c) Why his mother stayed on the sea.
(d) Where his mother has gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mafatu wonder how he could be a brave leader?

2. What is Mafatu afraid will disappear, if he takes his eyes off of it?

3. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

4. What does Mafatu have to endure?

5. Why does the sight of a shark swimming nearby not stop him?

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