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Seal Boy Recap

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is Emmet from?

a)

New York City

b)

Boston

c)

London

d)

Kororareka

2.

What is the name of the man who 'kidnaps' Emmet?

a)

Silas

b)

Captain Bracegirdle

c)

Patu

d)

Jonah Applyard

3.

Where is the Absalom travelling to?

a)

The Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

The Indian Ocean

d)

Antartica

4.

Why do Rudge and Emmet have a fistfight?

a)

Rudge called Emmet a slacker

b)

Rudge tripped Emmet

c)

Rudge wanted Emmet to do his hard work

d)

Rudge just doesn't like Emmet

5.

What emotions does Emmet feel after they capture the whale?

a)

Excited and sad

b)

Angry and sad

c)

Happy and glad

d)

Excited and jealous

6.

What did Emmet used to take for granted?

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

Oil

d)

His home

7.

What journey does Patu say Emmet is on?

a)

To the Pacific Ocean

b)

To find himself

c)

To get stronger

d)

To become a man

8.

Did Patu's people use the whole whale when they killed it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

What is the name of the town they come to in NZ?

a)

Oamaru

b)

Christchurch

c)

Kororareka

d)

Russell

10.

How much money does Emmet's Grandfather offer for his return?

a)

$500

b)

$50

c)

No money

d)

$500 for him alive, $300 for his body

11.

What does Patu say about Kororareka?

a)

It is a nice place

b)

It is a long way away

c)

It will die soon

d)

It is where his family is from

12.

What does Patu give Emmet?

a)

Money

b)

A canoe

c)

A harpoon

d)

A stone harpoon head

13.

What is the name of the ship Emmet ends up on after he escapes Kororareka?

a)

Absalom

b)

Kororareka

c)

Besty Bright

d)

Aotearoa

14.

Who are the people already on the island?

a)

Moriori

b)

Maori

c)

Sealers

d)

There are no people there

15.

Who keeps quiet about seeing Emmet with the seals?

a)

Captain Blessed

b)

Joshua

c)

Hiram Wilke

d)

His Great Aunt

16.

What does Emmet call the bull seal?

a)

Brasher

b)

Ajax

c)

Joshua

d)

Sealy McSealface

17.

What does Emmet realise about the barrel of salt?

a)

It has broken open

b)

It will be left behind

c)

It is to be used to season the seal meat

d)

It is to preserve his body

18.

Maluu sees Emmet but leaves him. Why does he leave him?

a)

He is scared of him

b)

He doesn't want to get in trouble

c)

He realises Emmet is on a journey

d)

He has too much to take back with him

19.

What was the long rock on the beach that Emmet finds?

a)

A canoe

b)

Ajax's dead body

c)

A shipwreck

d)

A salt barrel

20.

Why did the sealers not take Ajax's skin?

a)

They had cut him too much

b)

It was the wrong colour

c)

It was covered in scars

d)

They didn't need it

21.

Why does Emmet not leave the island with the men of the Philomena?

a)

They killed his seals

b)

He has a score to settle with the Betsy Bright

c)

They never offer to take him

d)

He would have to do hard work

22.

Who provides Emmet with food in the winter?

a)

Wilkes

b)

The seals

c)

Joshua

d)

Nobody

23.

Who is onboard the Osprey?

a)

Sealers

b)

Whalers

c)

Soldiers

d)

His Grandfather

24.

What word is now strange to Emmet?

a)

Family

b)

Home

c)

Food

d)

Warmth

25.

What does Emmet plan to do when he returns to Boston?

a)

Take on his grandfather's business

b)

Change people's views about seals

c)

Become a sailor

d)

Never step foot on a ship again