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Multilevel · Part 3 · Multilevel Practice Test 25

Maori Fish Hooks: Reading answers

Answers to questions 15–20 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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1 When Polynesians first came to New Zealand sometime within the years 1100–1300 AD, they didn’t have the technology necessary to heat and manipulate metal out of rocks. Meanwhile, fish was the settlers’ main food source at the time, so fishermen made their hooks and fishing gear out of wood, bone, stone and shells. Other plants native to the island of New Zealand, like flax (harakeke), cabbage tree (ti) and astelia (kiekie) gave the necessary fibrous material to make fishing lines and nets of greater or equal strength to the jute, which was being used by the Europeans at the time. However, as a material, metal is more malleable, and can be changed into any shape, while natural materials…

Answers 15–20

  1. 15

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    F: A list of raw materials used to construct hooks Matching headings

  2. 16

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    D: An investigation into how the hooks functioned so effectively Matching headings

  3. 17

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    G: An outline of how different styles of hooks and types of materials were employed to catch larger fish Matching headings

  4. 18

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    H: An account of how the Maori employed new technology and adapted it Matching headings

  5. 19

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    E: A description of how modern technology began to dominate and eventually took over from traditional hook construction Matching headings

  6. 20

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    A: Instruction on how to recognise authentic Maori hooks from counterfeit ones Matching headings

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