Call It Courage Chapter 3 "The Island""

What was in the middle of the island?
1. a waterfall
2. a volcano
3. a village
4. a huge rock
Why didn't Mafatu eat the coconuts?
1. The coconuts were not ripe.
2. He didn't like coconuts as much as the other fruit.
3. He was too weak to climb up the coconut tree.
How was Mafatu going to heal his coral wound?
1. with lime juice
2. with sulfur water from the lagoon
3. by rubbing it with healing herbs
After climbing the plateau, Mafatu saw a distant island with ----.
1. an active volcano
2. goats and pigs
3. banana trees
4. smoke
How did Mafatu react to seeing the wild boar?
1. Mafatu was terrified and ran in the opposite direction.
2. Mafatu decided to make a spear and kill it for food.
3. Mafatu decided to trap the wild boar, so he would not have to fear it charging him again.
Mafatu's grandfather wore ----.
1. a loin cloth and nothing else
2. a headdress made from bird feathers
3. a necklace made from boar tusks
What was the first sign Mafatu saw that man had been on this island?
1. Mafatu spotted footprints along the beach.
2. The bananas had been cut by a knife.
3. Mafatu saw human bones.
4. Mafatu saw a cup and a bowl that had been carved from wood.
What did Mafatu find at the end of the path?
1. an animal pen
2. an ancient idol
3. a thatched hut
4. a canoe
Mafatu took ---- from the Sacred Place.
1. a knife
2. jewels
3. a spear head
4. bowls and plates
Why did Mafatu celebrate touching the idol?
1. Mafatu had conquered a fear.
2. Touching the idol would bring Mafatu good luck.
3. Mafatu wanted to be like his grandfather who had told him about a time he had touched an idol.
How did Mafatu make a shelter?
1. by clearing out a small cave
2. by weaving together limbs
3. by plaiting fronds together
4. by digging a tunnel
Mafatu and Uri ate --- for supper.
1. bread fruit and bananas
2. fish
3. coconuts
4. wild boar

Call It Courage Chapter 3 "The Island"

Multiple-choice exercise