The Whale Rider

The Whale Rider is set in...

• Wellington, New Zealand

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Whangara, New Zealand

• New South Wales, Australia

The protagonist of the film is...

• Koro

• The Whale

• Pai

• Rawiri

The antagonist means...

• a character who has conflict with the protagonist

• the main character

• a minor character

• a character who is friends with the protagonist

The antagonist in the Whale Rider is...

• Hemi

• Nanny Flowers

• Pai

• Koro

the word plot means...

• the events of a story

• the characters in a story

• the beginning of a story

• the end of a story

Complete the sentence: The plot of the Whale Rider is about a Maori girl who struggles to get her grandfather's acceptance to be the next ______.

• whale

• chief

• Paikea

• generation

prejudice means:

• being mean

• saying bad things to someone

• disliking someone based on their race, gender, religion, etc.

• being someone's friend

Who experiences prejudice in the film?

• Koro from Nanny Flowers

• Rawiri from Porourangi

• Paikea from Koro

• Hemi from his father

What is this?

• a waka

• a haka

• a taco

• a taiaha

What is the Maori word for canoe?

• wiki

• haka

• waka

• hoka