Whale Rider Quiz 2

What does Koro do when Pai returns and announces brightly, ‘I’m back’?

• He shouts with joy and runs to embrace her. They go home and have a celebratory feast prepared by Nanny Flowers.

• He says coldly, ‘Not now Pai’. She demands recognition: ‘But I’m back. I’m back!’ He turns back to the two men he is meeting with, and she slams the door on her way out.

• He stops crying and looks at her in disbelief. He asks her, "Are you sure?" and she replies, "Yes Koro, my place is here with my tribe." He smiles.

What is Hemi doing when Paikea meets him outside the school gates (when she is waiting for Koro to pick her up)?

• smoking

• dancing

• drinking

• playing on his phone

Nanny Flowers waits for Paikea to arrive at the special school so that they can perform a traditional greeting song as the first-born men enter the sacred meeting grounds. Why do you think she wanted Paikea to do this?

At the sacred school, Koro tells Pai, ‘You’re a girl, go to the back’. What does she do?

• She refuses and is finally sent away.

• She agrees and moves to the back.

• She refuses and Koro accepts that decision.

• She agrees but Koro decides she should leave anyway.

Koro: "For you boys, this will be a sacred school of learning. You will be taught in the old ways in all the qualities of a chief. You will be tested for your strength, your courage, your intelligence and your leadership.”

While Koro provides this introduction, the camera pans across the young boys and shows Hemi towards the end. The director wanted us to see the boys who Koro believes could become the next chief but do you think these boys possess the qualities that Koro is searching for?

• yes

• no

Does Paikea go home once Koro sends her away from the sacred school and bans her from taiaha training with the boys? What does she do?

• Yes, she goes home and gives up

• Yes, she goes home but trains in secret

• No, she sneaks back to train in secret

• No, she sneaks back and pranks the boys

What is on the necklace worn by Koro?

• a shark's tooth

• a whale's tooth

• a tiger's tooth

• a human's tooth

When Koro angrily smashes a mug and shouts "You don't mess around with sacred things!" what does he say when Nanny Flowers goes to clean the mess?

• Thank you

• Sorry

• Let the girl do it

• Stop, I'll do it

Who does Nanny Flowers suggest that Paikea goes to for training with the taiaha?

• Porourangi

• Hemi

• Uncle Rawiri

• Koro

How would you describe where Paikea finds Uncle Rawiri?

• It's a little hut on the sand

• It's a big house in the middle of town

• It looks like an abandoned house or a dump