Hinemoa: Dual Choice Test (Level A2)

Hinemoa was the daughter of a Maori chief which / who lived on the shore of a great lake in New Zealand.

One day Hinemoa’s father gave a great feast at which / at that all young men were present. Each young man tried to dance as well as / as good as he could because each hoped winning / to win the heart and hand of the young lady.

But Hinemoa liked only one of them the most / most of all. He was a young man from a small island on the lake, and he loved Hinemoa very dear / dearly. But when Hinemoa told her father that she loved him, the old chief got very angry and said that the young man was not noble.

“Noble or not,” answered Hinemoa, “he is the man I love”.

This made the chief still more angry. He said: “If he will come / comes to the shore again, I’ll kill him!”

Every night Hinemoa went to the shore of the lake but she never found / has never found a canoe there which could take her over the water, because Hinemoa’s father had told / told his men to take canoes away every night and hide them.

However, Hinemoa didn’t lose hope. She decided to swim to the island. And one dark night she started on her long and dangerous swim.

The night was very dark and she could / might not see the island. She was a strong swimmer but after much / many hours of swim she became very weak. Just then the full moon came out and she saw that the island was quiet / quite near. A few minutes more — and she felt the stones at the bottom under her feet.

At the place where she came ashore there was a hot spring. She went into the warm water, rested and warmed her cold body. Then she found the young man. They became husband and wife and they lived happy / happily for many years.

The hot spring that gave Hinemoa life and strength is known now as Hinemoa’s Bath / Hinemoa Bath.