Response to Text: The Sons of Ma'afu

 The Sons of Ma'afu

Answer the questions by highlighting the answers.

1. What is the name of the boys in the story?

a) Matthew and Martian b) Ma’afutoka and Matt

c) Ma’afulele and Ma’afutoka d) Ma’afulele and Mick

2. Where did Ma’afu first send his boys for water?

a) Arataki b) Ātavahea

c) Samoa d) Tonga

3. What was in the waters of Ātavahea?

a) A fierce giant stingray b) A shark

c) A duck d) A fierce giant duck

4.Expalin why the villagers thought that Ma’afulele and Ma’afutoka had no respect:

→The two boys loved practice throwing their spears but were never careful about where they were thrown. Sometimes their spears landed close to people and their spears sometimes hit fale’s (house’s). Once the 2 brothers hit a man's leg with their spears. But now the 2 boys used their father for target practice.

5. How were the brothers wanting to cook the duck?

a) Emu b) Hangi

c) Oven d) BBQ

6. Where was the second place that Ma’afulele and Ma’afutoka were sent to?

a) Mangawhai b) Muriwai

c) Muihātafa d) Mount Maunganui

7. What did the boys bring back the second time?

a) Tiger shark b) Triggerfish

c) Trevally d) Trout

8. Explain why the villagers were concerned about the boys returning to the village?

→The people said “those boys have killed the two most dangerous creatures on the island,”  they cried. “We’re not safe when they’re around’.

Kia ora viewers,

Today for my Response to Text we had to read about The Sons of Ma'afu

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