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What is a HONGI?
HONGI is a New Zealand greeting where you rub noses.
Sammy and Dave are brothers
False - Dave is not from the same family. His last name is Briggs.
What was Sammy doing when he got lost at the river bed?
Sammy was following a New Zealand possum.
Mrs. Tandy
Mrs. Tandy is like an adopted mother to the children who are orphans.
What is the mocking name the kids called Mrs. Blossom Babberton?
Mrs. (Possum) Blabber-tongue
What is Rerekohu?
Rerekohu is the lost Maori holy Meeting House.
The Woodlanders live in New Zealand.
False - they were visiting New Zealand.
How did Mrs. Babberton disrespect the Maori Meeting House?
Mrs. Babberton brought her tape recorder into the Meeting House.
Hohua
Hohua is Sammy's Maori warrior friend he met when Sammy stepped on his foot.
What is important about the face carvings in the Meeting House?
The carvings represent and honor the dead Maori ancestors.
What is HANGI?
HANGI is a meal cooked underground.
The Maori warrior dance is used to scare away enemies.
True - they try to look mean and scary with the dance and costumes.
What happened so that the kids were not able to finish their first hunt for the buried house?
The Woodlanders rescued a horse that was caught on a fence wire.
Tina Chow
Tina Chow is the New Zealand Trip leader they met on the plane.
What was Mrs. Babberton upset about on the plane?
She didn't like noisy kids and said she wouldn't have come if she had known they were there.
What did Sammy THINK he found when he got lost at the river bed?
Sammy thought he found a cool shell with a hole in the middle for a souvenir.
Mrs. Babberton was butted by a goat and Bill caught her.
True - she was leaning against a fence and didn't see the goat running at her.
Why did the kids have to keep a 10 day diary?
The kids wrote down details about Maori life to get to know them better.
Blossom Babberton
Mrs. Babberton is a woman they met on the plane who is always complaining about the children.
How did rescuing the horse lead to the Maori's voting to help the Americans rebuild the Meeting House?
The owner of the horse said the kids were kind and respectful by saving his horse and the Americans should be trusted.
What was the thank you gift the Maori's gave to the Woodlanders for finding the house?
The Maori's gave them a hand carved cane.
When possums are scared, they faint.
True - the phrase "play possum" comes from possums laying very still and pretending to be dead.
How did the ancient village get buried?
The village was buried 100 years ago by an earthquake and volcano explosion.
Marina
Marina is the Maori guide they met in New Zealand that teaches them about the Maori's.
How did the Meeting House, Rerekohu, get lost 200 years ago?
The Maori tribe was at war so they took the house apart and buried the pieces so their enemies couldn't find it. The war was so long, they forgot where it was buried.