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The Seahorse and the Reef

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main theme from TSHATR?

a)

Humans are selfish and will use up all of Earth's resources.

b)

We all have a responsibility to look after our natural resources as they are so vulnerable to exploitation.

c)

We should keep using up all our natural resources.

d)

We have a duty to take care of our environment by polluting it.

2.

The title of the short story is "The (a)   "

3.

Draw the taonga (teasure) from the sea.

4.

The title _________

a)

explains the main character and setting of the story.

b)

explains the main character of the story.

c)

explains how significant the seahorse was as a taonga (treasure) from the sea.

5.

Who is the author of 'The Seahorse and the Reef'?

a)

Wini Ihimaera

b)

Witi Ihimaena

c)

Witi Ihimaera

d)

Witi Ihimara

6.

What is the English word for Kai Moana?

a)

Sea Urchin

b)

Seafood

c)

Paua

d)

Seahorse

7.

How did the Dad (Rongo) persuade Mum to go to the reef?

a)

He used her favourite food of pipi to convince her

b)

He promised her a holiday

c)

He said he would do all the chores

d)

He said he would babysit for a week

8.

What was used to collect the seafood?

a)

Sugar bags

b)

Nets

c)

Their hands

d)

Hessian sacks

9.

What literary device is used in the sentence ".... those women would ... talk and talk and talk."

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Repetition

10.

What were the reasons Rongo gave to leave the seahorse in the reef?

a)

The reef gave it beauty

b)

It would die if they took it out of it's home

c)

The sea gave it life

d)

All the above

11.

What is the name the kids give to their special place?

a)

Keri pools

b)

Pupu pools

c)

Winky pools

d)

Moana pool

12.

What literacy device? The sea boiled yellow with effluent issuing from a pipe in the seabed. The stain curled like fingers around the reef

a)

Simile

b)

Similie

c)

Smile

d)

Simili

13.

The symbolism of the seahorse represents Maori culture

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was the dad's name?

(a)  

15.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

The reef being polluted.

b)

Mere almost drowning in the reef.

c)

The kids finding the seahorse in the pupu pools.

d)

The dad convincing the mum to go catch some kai moana.