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Section 1: Chapter 1 ("Shipwreck and Desertion") through Chapter 3 ("Our First Landfall")

1. Who is the original author of The Swiss Family Robinson?
(a) Alexander Selkirk.
(b) Daniel DeFoe.
(c) Mary Jane Godwin.
(d) Johann Wyss.

2. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?
(a) The name of the ship the family originally travels on.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) The family's last name.
(d) The name of the island.

3. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Abandon ship!
(b) Ahoy!
(c) Land!
(d) Sharks!

4. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(b) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.
(c) The family has trouble locating Franz.
(d) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.

5. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?
(a) She says that they should have a family prayer.
(b) She says that they should find something to eat.
(c) She breaks down crying.
(d) She laughs and says that God will protect them.

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