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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Drums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What startles Mafatu?
(a) A drumming sound.
(b) Uri's barking.
(c) Kivi's call.
(d) A wild boar crashing through the bushes.

2. He has the skill and resources to build a net but cannot get out to the "distant reef" to cast the net without his canoe. What does this do to him?
(a) It irritates him.
(b) It further complicates the situation.
(c) It makes him excited about the challenge.
(d) It worries him.

3. What does Mafatu use to cauterize the wound on his leg?
(a) Mud.
(b) Aloe.
(c) Eucalyptus.
(d) Wild limes.

4. What is Mafatu convinced will swallow him up?
(a) A giant wave starts thundering toward the canoe.
(b) A giant whale.
(c) An underwater cave.
(d) The Sea God.

5. What does he think about again?
(a) The island he had seen with the smoke rising above the trees.
(b) How alone he is.
(c) How hungry he is.
(d) The island is dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?

2. What happens as the current gets quicker?

3. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?

4. When morning comes, who is with Mafatu?

5. Why does Mafatu's mother take him out to the barrier reef?

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