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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 10 ("Changing Seasons") through Chapter 12 ("Anniversary").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?
(a) Bend one of the gun barrels.
(b) Lecture his brothers about things he actually does not know about.
(c) Get himself stuck in the mud by the river.
(d) Sets his soup down to cool in a larger shell.

2. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when Jack and Ernest follow the narrator and Fritz to the bay, what message does the narrator give them for his wife?
(a) They are to tell Elizabeth that he would like her to plant some more potatoes.
(b) They are to tell Elizabeth that he has sent them and the dogs to guard her and Franz.
(c) They are to tell Elizabeth that he will look for a butter churn on the wreck.
(d) They are to tell Elizabeth that he and Fritz will be on the wreck overnight.

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," where does the family decide to keep their supply of gunpowder?
(a) Inside the cave they will be living in.
(b) In a hut near their cave.
(c) On one of the islands in the bay.
(d) At Falconhurst.

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?
(a) Birch beer.
(b) A canoe.
(c) Wintergreen candy.
(d) Roofing material.

5. What is the first structure that the family lives in?
(a) A hut.
(b) A treehouse.
(c) A tent.
(d) A cave.

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. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when the family sleeps in one morning, what is the narrator's response?

4. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

5. Who discovers the grove of trees where the family will later build their treehouse?

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