After Reading the Book
1. List all the events in the book that could have happened in
one column. Then list all the events you think couldn’t have
happened in another column.
2. Explain why this story is fiction not fact.
3. The author tells about the main character in the third person
(e.g., he and him),
as if he is telling the reader a story. Think of other stories you
know. Write that story as if you were telling it to someone.
4. How did the attitude of his tribe toward Mafatu change from
the beginning of the book to the end of the book?
5. Why would Mafatu’s story be a good story to tell young
boys in a Polynesian tribe?
1. List all the events in the book that could have happened in
one column. Then list all the events you think couldn’t have
happened in another column.
2. Explain why this story is fiction not fact.
3. The author tells about the main character in the third person
(e.g., he and him),
as if he is telling the reader a story. Think of other stories you
know. Write that story as if you were telling it to someone.
4. How did the attitude of his tribe toward Mafatu change from
the beginning of the book to the end of the book?
5. Why would Mafatu’s story be a good story to tell young
boys in a Polynesian tribe?
