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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 no longer hangs around his neck?
(a) A symbol of the Sea God.
(b) A gift from his father.
(c) His knife.
(d) His canteen.

2. What does Mafatu's mother finally decide to do?
(a) Continue to fish.
(b) Continue looking for sea urchins.
(c) Head back to shore.
(d) Send Mafatu with the other fishermen.

3. What does Mafatu discover when he surveys the situation?
(a) Uri is nowhere to be found.
(b) Uri is choking for air, stuck under the bow.
(c) Kivi is calling to him.
(d) A shark is circling his canoe.

4. What does the sky cast upon the tiny canoe?
(a) Thunder and lightning.
(b) A shadow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Hail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens eventually and gradually?

2. The situation becomes very reminiscent of what?

3. Soon, what comes?

4. The next day shows what?

5. What does the boy do when he flings himself onto the floor of the canoe?

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