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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the islanders call the Chinese crewmen when they refuse to sail?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Chinks.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Smart.

2. What do the rains of the tempest feel like to Phillip?
(a) Soft taps.
(b) Soothing.
(c) Nails.
(d) Hailstones.

3. Where does Phillip tell Timothy he is from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York City.
(c) Africa.
(d) St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

4. In Chapter 4, when Phillip wakes up in the dark after feeling ill, what time does Timothy tell him it is?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) 10 a.m.

5. What does Phillip realize that oil will do for his signal fire?
(a) Make it smell better.
(b) Make the smoke white.
(c) Make the smoke black.
(d) Make the flames higher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Timothy warn Phillip to stay away from the edge of the raft?

2. What does Phillip use to dig Timothy's grave?

3. What does Phillip hide under his makeshift bed on the couch?

4. In Chapter 15, why are Phillip and Timothy naked?

5. Off of what country's coast is the island Phillip and his parents live on at the beginning of the book?

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