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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Island.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mafatu feel about the sea?
(a) Unsure.
(b) Fearless.
(c) Fear.
(d) Excited.

2. What is Mafatu soon amazed to see?
(a) Fresh water.
(b) A cloudless sky.
(c) Land in the distance.
(d) More birds.

3. Where has a current formed?
(a) By the shoulder of the reef passage.
(b) By the other canoes.
(c) On the other side of the reef.
(d) Around her canoe.

4. What would cause Mafatu to lose his spear or line?
(a) Bad memories would take over his hands.
(b) A large fish.
(c) The rough seas.
(d) Other children.

5. What happens just as suddenly?
(a) Uri climbs back in the canoe.
(b) The canoe stops moving.
(c) The wind dies down and the sea is still again.
(d) Kivi leaves again.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mafatu decide to explore?

3. Why does Mafatu's mother struggle to feed him?

4. Why can Mafatu stand up?

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

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