The Whale Rider Quizzes

The Whale Rider Quiz 1

By Ali Cebeci · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed April 06, 2015

1 The narrator describes the old days as which of the following?

A desert scatter with a few cacti

A void. Nothing

A vast, open sea with no land at all

A time of great natural beauty and life
2 The narrator states that earth and sea had what reaction to the coming of man?

They were fearful that man would spread corruption within them

They were excited and hopeful to receive blessings

They paid no heed to the little affairs of these passing humans

They were angry of the encroachent and prepared to destroy man
3 Which group, if any, was apprehensive of man's arrival?

The trees of the earth

The fairy people

The fish of the sea

The clouds of the sky
4 What object does the Whale Rider bear with him?

Baskets

Nets

Spears

Laurels
5 Where does the last spear cast by the Whale Rider end up?

In the clouds of the sky

1,150 years in the future

In the bottom of the Blessed Pond

In the whale's body
6 The first Whale Rider originally bonds with the whale by which action?

Producing a mourning melody with his flute

Feeding the whale

Freeing the whale from a net

Saving the whale from sharks
7 The ancient bull whale feels what as he thinks of his past life with the Whale Rider?

Unbridled happiness

Deep nostalgia

Bitter resentment

Utter hatred
8 Grandfather Koro has what initial reaction when he hears he has a granddaughter?

Anger

Happiness

Fear

Love
9 Grandmother Nancy reponds how to the birth of her great-granddaughter?

With love

Without emotion, as she is too old to think clearly

With worry as to how to feed the child

Like her husband
10 How does Nancy respond to her husband's resentment following the birth?

She leaves him to his own thoughts

She sends her grandsons to bring their grandfather home

She forces him to interact with her

She refuses to talk to him
11 Which of the following best describes Nancy Flowers?

Headstrong and confident

Angry and cunning

Weak and feeble

Servile and gentle
12 Nancy's usual threat against Koro is which of the following?

Slapping him in public

Embarassing him

Poisoning him

Divorcing him
13 Nancy suggests that her grandson name his daughter which of the following?

Koro

Muriwai

Lily

Kahu
14 Kahu is named after which of the following?

The great chieftainness of her great-grandmother's tribe

The current chieftan of her tribe

The ancestor of her village

The older sister of Koro
15 The person who intiated the idea of naming Kahu with her name is which of the following?

Nancy

Koro

Rehua

Porourangi
16 The narrator is part of which group?

A local music group

A chess team

A biker gang

A traditional band of Kahu warriors
17 Where is Kahu's birthcord buried?

It is left unburied, breaking tradition

In Australia

In the home village

In Muriwai territory
18 On the night of the birthcord's burial, Rawiri reports what?

Seeing a flash of lightning

Hearing a fire roar in the distance

Seeing a small spear fly through the air

Smelling the musk of roses
19 The whale herd fears which of the following the most?

Sharks

Sea storms

Other whales

Humans
20 Where does Kahu live after her mother dies?

With Rawiri

With Koro and Nancy

With her father Porourangi

With the people of her mother
21 The Ancients had...

come from the west over the ice-bridge

been placed here after leaving heaven

always inhabited the island

come from the east with canoes and whales
22 The elder Porourangi did which of the following for his people?

Wrote down for them the words of the Ancients

Found for them the Spear

Unite them in a confederation

Build for them a coastal fortress
23 What emotion(s) did Rawiri feel towards his niece Kahu?

Hatred and disdain

None at all

Love and protectiveness

Fear of her undermining his position as heir of the chieftancy
24 When two year old Kahu returns to her great-grandparents, Koro does which of the following?

Show great love for Kahu

Decides to pass the time by hiding in his place of sanctuary

Leaves the village, never to look back

Show disdain and insensitivity towards his great-granddaughter
25 In the face of Koro's determined disdain, toddler Kahu displays which of the following?

Bitter resentment

Unbreakable love

Utter confusion

Deep-rooted fear