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- 1. Multiple Choice
What country is "The Whale Rider" set in?
Australia
Japan
New Zealand
Hawaii
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who directed the film "The Whale Rider"?
Niki Caro
Steven Spielberg
Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the main protagonist in "The Whale Rider"?
Nanny Flowers
Koro
Paikea
Rawiri
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is Pai's grandfathers name?
Rawiri
Koro
Porourangi
Hemi
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is Pai's grandmothers name?
Koro
Naipea
Nanny Filipo
Nanny Flowers
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is Pai's fathers name?
Poro
Porourangi
Paikea
Porourtango
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who dies at the beginning of the film?
Pai
Pai's sister
Pai's brother and mother
Koro's son
- 8. Multiple Choice
What country has Porourangi been living in?
Britain
United States
Germany
Australia
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the bike symbolise in "The Whale Rider"?
A way of getting home from school
The connection between Koro and Pie
The lack of public transport
That they are poor
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does Porourangi's boat represent?
The changing nature of the Maori tribe
The way that he left the Maori tribe
Koro's search for a male leader
The Whale Rider is Paikea
- 11. Multiple Choice
What does the rope represent in "The Whale Rider"?
Pai is the leader of the Maori tribe
Koro accepts Pai as the leader
The leader should always be a male
Women should never be leaders
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why doesn't Koro want Pai to be the leader?
She is a girl
He's afraid she'll get hurt
He thinks she will leave like Porourangi
He wants to be the leader
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do the whales symbolise in "The Whale Rider"?
The tribe
The ocean
New Zealand
The past
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who gives a voiceover at the start of "The Whale Rider"?
Koro
Pai
Nanny Flowers
Rawiri
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who teaches Pai to use the taiaha?
Rawiri
Hemi
Koro
Nanny Flowers
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is another name for a canoe?
Waka
Haka
Taiaha
Moko
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the fighting stick?
Waka
Haka
Taiaha
Moko
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who becomes the chief at the end of the film?
Pai
Rawiri
Porourangi
Hemi
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why does Koro tell Pai to leave the beach when the whales are washed up?
He thinks that she is the cause of the tribes problems
He is worried that she will get hurt
She won't be able to help
He wants her to help at home
- 20. Multiple Choice
When the whales wash up on the beach, the community tries to save the whales by
Using a helicopter
Using a tractor
Using a truck
Using a tank
- 21. Multiple Choice
What does Koro's staff represent?
Old age
Lack of power
Leadership
Creating a new chief
- 22. Multiple Choice
When does Koro realise that Pai is Paikea, The Whale Rider?
When Nanny Flowers gives him the whale bone
When he sees her in a dream
When Pai tells him
When his son tells him she's the whale rider
- 23. Multiple Choice
Is Pai afraid to die? Why or why not?
No, because she knows she's lived a full life
No, because she realises this might be necessary to save the whales
Yes, because she hasn't lived her life to the fullest yet
No, because she knows everyone has to die someday
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the coastal village where "The Whale Rider" is set?
Whangara
Kaikoura
Mangawhai
Kawhia
- 25. Multiple Choice
What actress plays the role of Pai in "The Whale Rider?"
Keisha Castle- Hughes
Emma Lahana
Rose McIver
Thomasin McKenzie
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