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The Whale Rider Quiz - Ch 1 - Ch 6

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  • Q1
    What was the name of the man who rode the first whale?
    Kahutia Te Rangi
    Porourangi
    Rawiri
    Koro Apirana
    20s
  • Q2
    What did Nanny Flowers call Koro Apirana?
    The paikea.
    The old paua.
    The whining whale.
    The old paka.
    20s
  • Q3
    Why didn't Koro want to acknowledge that Kahu would have the rights of eldest great-grandchild?
    He was only interested in children whose names did not begin with a K.
    He decided that she could not be a chief because she had bitten his toe.
    He was the chief and believed that only males could inherit that role from him.
    He was the chief and believed that she was too dribbly to inherit that role from him.
    60s
  • Q4
    After Kahutia Te Rangi trained the whale, and rode it to New Zealand, what happened?
    The whale sang a song of five spears.
    They were turned into wood and stuck on the top of the meeting house.
    He released five spears and was renamed Paikea.
    The whale died and was buried at Paikea.
    60s
  • Q5
    Who was meant to become chief after Koro Apirana?
    Nanny Flowers
    Kahu
    Porourangi
    Rawiri
    20s
  • Q6
    Who was meant to become chief after Porourangi?
    Nanny Flowers
    Rewiri
    Kahu
    Rehua
    20s
  • Q7
    What was one of the tests that Koro Apirana had to do to become chief?
    Dive and hold his breath under deep water.
    Dive and retrieve a carving from the bottom of deep water.
    Dive and retrieve a stone from the bottom of deep water.
    Dive and retrieve a fish from a deep lake.
    60s
  • Q8
    What was another test that Koro Apirana had to pass when he was training to become a chief?
    He had to crawl to the priest's foot.
    He had to point to the priest's toes.
    He had to bite the priest's toe.
    He had to count the priests's toes.
    30s
  • Q9
    What happened when Kahu's birth cord was buried?
    Rawiri saw a spear flying past the carving of Kahutia Te Rangi and the whale.
    Rawiri saw Kahutia Te Rangi put a spear into the carved whale.
    Rawiri saw Kahutia Te Rangi throw five spears from the whale's nose.
    Rawiri saw Kahutia Te Rangi get off the carving of the whale.
    60s
  • Q10
    What did Kahutia Te Rangi say about the last spear?
    Let this be the one to flower when the people are troubled and it is most needed.
    Let this be the one to flower when the whale is in trouble and it is most needed.
    Let this be the one to flower when there is trouble in the land and Kahu is needed.
    Let this be the one to flower when the people are hungry and food is most needed.
    60s

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