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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suddenly, what does the bird do?
(a) He flies away.
(b) Catches a fish.
(c) Flies overhead.
(d) Flies to him.

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

3. What wakes Mafatu at midnight?
(a) A great thunderous noise.
(b) Kivi's call.
(c) Drums.
(d) Uri's wimpering.

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

5. What else taunts him?
(a) The tribal warriors.
(b) The fish.
(c) The sea.
(d) His mother, in his dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Mafatu search?

2. What does Mafatu wonder about his father, Tavana Nui?

3. Against what do the fishermen warn her?

4. With what is Mafatu suddenly filled?

5. What does Mafatu hear some of the other boys calling his crafty work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mafatu feel when he sees land in the distance?

2. What does Mafatu think about his father?

3. What happens after Mafatu and his mother are washed ashore?

4. What does Mafatu describe at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What happens that foreshadows a larger storm?

6. How is Mafatu treated?

7. What does Mafatu resolve to do this year?

8. What has resulted because of Mafatu's fear?

9. What does Mafatu realize after the storm has passed?

10. For what are the boys preparing?

(see the answer keys)

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