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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he think about the skills he had acquired back home?

2. How does he feel after the climb to the lookout?

3. What does he soon do?

4. Who does he praise for bringing him safely to this island and for giving him courage?

5. How does he feel as he heads out to the reef?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What wakes him the next morning?

3. Why does Mafatu go after his knife?

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

5. What does the spearhead symbolize?

6. What has Mafatu done by saving his dog?

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

8. What does Mafatu do when he sees the whale?

9. What will happen if he could kill the pig?

10. What does Mafatu find in the clearing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mafatu prays to the Goddess of the Fishermen.

Part 1) Who is this goddess? Why does he pray to this goddess?

Part 2) Does the goddess help him? Why or why not?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Mafatu behavior in times of trouble and need to your behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Mafatu spends much of his life in isolation.

Part 1) How has he been isolated up to the point his journey begins?

Part 2) How does this journey amplify his isolation?

Part 3) Will he be in isolation after his journey? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Mafatu learned many skills when living in Hikueru.

Part 1) What skills does he have? How had he thought about these skills when he had been at home?

Part 2) What does he think of these skills now? Why?

Part 3) How do these skills help build Mafatu's self-esteem?

(see the answer keys)

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