"The Taming of the Sun"

What is the claim of paragraph 2?

• Without prolonged days, ordinary people cannot complete their tasks because they don't have enough time in the day.

• With shorter days, people can complete their work more efficiently.

• People avoid praying to their Gods during the work day because they are so busy with other tasks.

• It's hard for people to work during long days especially finding the time to prepare and cook food.

How is Maui related to Hina-of-the-Fire?

• Maui is her daughter.

• Maui is her son.

• Maui is her grandmother.

• Maui is her grandfather.

What is the claim of the fourth paragraph?

• There is a difficult process for cutting up ham.

• There is a multi-step process for making bark cloth.

• There is a long process for harvesting crops.

• There are more simple ways to make fine clothes and sleeping maths.

What is the central claim for paragraph 5?

• It takes approximately one month for each step except the last step.

• It takes two years to complete the steps.

• Harvesting vegetation takes nearly six months.

• The process is only for women.

What is the central claim of paragraph 6?

• Maui watches his mom work hard each day to provide for her family.

• Maui's mom rushes to complete a task called "kapa", bark cloth.

• Maui gives the sun his attention in hopes of becoming one of his friends.

• Maui wants to help his mom with her tasks, and he will do so by focusing his attention on the sun.

Which of the following best describes how the grandmother prepares breakfast for the sun.

• Breakfast preparation includes grilling apples.

• Breakfast preparation includes freezing grapes.

• Breakfast preparation includes offering a rooster.

• Breakfast preparation includes "campfire cooking" bananas.

What is the point of view of this passage?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

How does the point of view affect the text overall?

• It's more personal because it reveals how multiple characters feel.

• It helps the audience grasp the relationship between Maui and his mother.

• It gives greater details and insights on the process of kapa.

• It limits readers' perspective on how the sun was captured.

What is implied when the grandmother states "'The sun does what he has always done and what he will always do. . . No ordinary person can confront him and live to tell about it.'"

• Whoever debates the sun must be an idiot.

• Whoever counters the sun must be related.

• Whoever battles the sun must be a human.

• Whoever faces the sun must be a demigod.

Why does Maui argue that the sun is selfish?

• He rushes his daily job.

• He travels too slowly.

• He takes days off.

• He stops midway through the day.