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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?
(a) They should not stay overnight anymore.
(b) She would like to come with them.
(c) She would like them to get a butter churn.
(d) It makes her very nervous.

2. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Juno.
(c) Franz.
(d) A wild jackal.

3. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what clever idea do the boys come up with to make the antelope easier to hunt?
(a) They drive the herd into a cave.
(b) They drive them into the ocean, where they are slowed down trying to swim.
(c) They drive the herd off of a cliff.
(d) They drive them through the Gap onto the family's side of the island.

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Grouper.
(c) Mullet.
(d) Herring.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," what do the narrator and Elizabeth decide their next priority should be?
(a) Making a more permanent shelter.
(b) Searching for shipwreck survivors.
(c) Salvaging materials from the ship.
(d) Searching for fresh water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they make dog armor from?

2. How does the narrator get the first rope over the branch of the tree that they want to build their home in?

3. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?

4. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what idea does Fritz have to pass time during the rainy season?

5. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

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