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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does he use to pull himself up the slope?
(a) The hanging vines.
(b) Roots.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A tree.
2. What does he begin to think about killing?
(a) Sea urchins.
(b) The pig.
(c) The cannibals.
(d) Fish.
3. How does he fashion a fish trap?
(a) From a shell.
(b) From bamboo.
(c) From a log.
(d) From a piece of trash.
4. What does Mafatu sees after he slides down the lava slide?
(a) A manmade path leading through the jungle.
(b) A school of fish.
(c) Fresh water.
(d) A whale in the water.
5. When does the tree fall to the ground?
(a) When the fire has burned through the trunk.
(b) When it yields to Mafatu pulling on the rope.
(c) When it yields to his weight.
(d) When a strong wind blows.
6. What does he make out of coconut-tree fronds?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A plate.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A lean-to.
7. How does Mafatu feel when the construction of a new canoe is complete?
(a) Excited to drop the craft in the water.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Sad.
(d) Worn out.
8. What happens when a large wave tips the raft at a severe angle?
(a) Mafatu falls in the water.
(b) The fish traps fall in the water.
(c) Kivi falls in the water.
(d) Uri falls into the water.
9. How does he feel when he moves a bone?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Worried.
(d) Disgusted.
10. What frightens Mafatu?
(a) The current.
(b) The waves.
(c) The dark water.
(d) To see the shark heading right for his dog.
11. How do the following days find Mafatu?
(a) Excited.
(b) More worried.
(c) Busy all the time.
(d) Sleeping.
12. What symbolizes the courage it took to approach the sacred idol and seize what he needed?
(a) The spearhead.
(b) The banana tree.
(c) The vines.
(d) The clearing.
13. What have been recently burned?
(a) The trees around the clearing.
(b) Piles of wood.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Piles of bones.
14. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?
(a) Before he fells the tree.
(b) After the tree has fallen.
(c) When the fire has almost burned through the trunk of the tree.
(d) As the tree is falling.
15. Why did he initially think that Maui had led him to this island?
(a) So he could practice his hunting skills.
(b) So she could speak with him.
(c) So he could have a home of his own.
(d) So he would be safe.
Short Answer Questions
1. To where does he head?
2. What does he notice as he begins ripping leaves from a banana tree?
3. What does he need to make a fishhook?
4. How does he move toward the idol?
5. What does Mafatu need to fashion a new canoe?
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