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- 1. Multiple Choice
the narrator think the great-sailed canoes look like
his hammocks
the bird from his dream
floating moons
wild waves in the bay
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does the narrator tell his chief no to welcome the strangers in the canoes?
the narrator is afraid of strangers
the narrator think his dream is a warning
the narrator thinks the strangers are birds
their canoes have wings
- 3. Multiple Choice
the colors that cover the strangers' bodies are
sails
feathers
tattoos
clothes
- 4. Multiple Choice
why doesn't anyone listen to the narrator?
the chief want to see if they are real men first
the narrator is still a child
the narrator is crying and upset
the narrator often makes up stories
- 5. Multiple Choice
the chief gives the strangers parrots because
they like sports
they need food
he wants to bind them into friendship
their colorful clothes make them look like parrots
- 6. Multiple Choice
The narrator ask his zemis to help show his people
the truth about the strangers
how to see into his heart
how to eat cassava, fish and yarn
how it blinks its wooden eyes
- 7. Multiple Choice
when the people desired all that the strangers had brought; they
stole it from the strangers
did not like it
wanted it
took it all apart
- 8. Multiple Choice
when the narrator says his world was 'a thin, dark line' he means
he is so far from shore that he cannot see his home
he can see the sky and the sea
his people were sleeping
he can see his home and people
- 9. Multiple Choice
the narrator hopes his story will help people by
warning them against strangers who want to change their way of life
teaching them how to count bells on a string
warning them to stay away from canoes
warning them not to laugh at strangers
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