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1. 1. At the time of his voyage, Mau had unique navigational skills.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"At the time, Mau was the only man alive who knew how to navigate just by observing the stars, the wind and the sea."

2. 2. Mau was familiar with the sea around Tahiti.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"He had never before sailed to Tahiti, which was a long way to the south."

3. 3. Mau thought it would be difficult to use a compass and charts.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"The voyage took him and his crew a month to complete and he did it without a compass or charts."

4. Mau’s grandfather was his only teacher.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"His grandfather began the task of teaching him how to navigate when he was still a baby. He showed him pools of water on the beach to teach him how the behaviour of the waves and wind changed in different places."

5. 5. Mau used stones to learn where each star was situated in the sky.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"Later, Mau used a circle of stones to memorise the positions of the stars. Each stone was laid out in the sand to represent a star."

6. The first inhabitants of Hawaii could read and write.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"The voyage proved that Hawaii’s first inhabitants came in small boats and navigated by reading the sea and the stars."

7. 7. Mau expected his students to memorise the positions of the stars.

• True

• False

• Not given

Answer explanation

"He explained the positions of the stars to his students, but he allowed them to write things down because he knew they would never be able to remember everything as he had done."

8. 8. In 1976, Mau Piailug, a skilled navigator, undertook a daring 2,500-mile journey from Hawaii to Tahiti, steering a traditional Polynesian _____________ without instruments. (noun - transport)

Answer explanation

"In early 1976, Mau Piailug, a fisherman, led an expedition in which he sailed a traditional Polynesian boat across 2,500 miles of ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti."

9. 9. Mau, possessing rare knowledge of stars, wind, and sea, had learned navigation from when was young from his _____________. (noun - person)

Answer explanation

"His grandfather began the task of teaching him how to navigate when he was still a baby."

10. 10. His voyage, without compass or charts, validated that early Hawaiian _____________ likely traveled in small boats and navigated using the sea and the stars. (noun - people)

Answer explanation

"The voyage proved that Hawaii’s first inhabitants came in small boats and navigated by reading the sea and the stars."