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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. What has always scared him away when he went out to the reef to set his traps?
(a) The murky water.
(b) The fish.
(c) The current.
(d) The hammerhead shark.

2. What does the boy plan to wait until the next day to do?
(a) Hunt for food.
(b) Look for cannibals.
(c) Continue the process.
(d) Think about his father.

3. How does Mafatu fell a tree?
(a) By tying a rope to it and pulling on it.
(b) By climbing up it and leaning to the side.
(c) With an axe.
(d) By burning the base of the tree.

4. When does Mafatu climb up into the branches of the tree?
(a) Before he fells the tree.
(b) As the tree is falling.
(c) When the fire has almost burned through the trunk of the tree.
(d) After the tree has fallen.

5. How does he feel now that his knife is finished?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Brave.
(c) Not as brave as he had hoped.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mafatu decide not to go to his lookout to check for the arrival of the eaters-of-men?

2. What happens when a large wave tips the raft at a severe angle?

3. What has rooted Mafatu to the ground?

4. What does he wonder about this island?

5. What does Mafatu decide to explore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mafatu decide not to go to his lookout?

2. What are the first steps in making a canoe in Mafatu's culture?

3. What does Mafatu spot at the sacred platform? Why does he need it?

4. What does Mafatu resolve to do each day?

5. What does the spearhead symbolize?

6. How does Mafatu react when the water becomes turbulent? Why does he react this way?

7. What happens when Mafatu and Uri are on the raft?

8. What does Mafatu do when his canoe is complete?

9. How does Mafatu go about making a raft? Why is the raft important?

10. How does Mafatu push away thoughts of home and his father?

(see the answer keys)

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