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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 eventually and gradually?
(a) The storm picks up.
(b) Mafatu becomes more nervous.
(c) The sun sets.
(d) The storm lets up.

2. What does Mafatu recall for the reader?
(a) How he became a member of the tribe.
(b) When his father grew a heart.
(c) A life-changing event that happened to him early in his childhood.
(d) A miracle that occurred early in his childhood.

3. What happens to the tiny canoe?
(a) It is lifted into the air and torn to splinters on the reef.
(b) It spins in a circle.
(c) It tips over.
(d) It speeds up.

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

5. Against what do the fishermen warn her?
(a) Staying out in the water.
(b) Fishing at night.
(c) Catching sea urchins.
(d) Fishing too close to the reef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mafatu do by the shoreline?

2. Why is Mafatu relegated to the shoreline?

3. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?

4. What does Mafatu's experience with the sea tell him?

5. What is it time for the boys to do?

(see the answer key)

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