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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 1 ("Shipwreck and Desertion") through Chapter 3 ("Our First Landfall").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who thinks to bring the bag of seeds ashore?
(a) Ernest.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Franz.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. What is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?
(a) He has a quick temper.
(b) He is too emotional.
(c) He spends too much time thinking.
(d) He is immature and impulsive.

3. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Making a more secure home.
(b) Locating a source of fresh water.
(c) Searching for other survivors.
(d) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.

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

5. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Ernest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family end up alone on the ship?

2. Which animals does the family carry from the ship with them in their improvised boat?

3. What does Jack find in the captain's cabin?

4. Just as the narrator and Fritz are about to leave camp to explore for the first time, what does he suddenly remember that they have forgotten?

5. What do they make their swimming belts from?

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