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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. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?
(a) They will be good security for the family.
(b) They are useless.
(c) They will be helpful in hunting.
(d) They will be able to help the family swim to shore.

2. What does Jack find in the captain's cabin?
(a) A supply of wine.
(b) Several swords and a knife.
(c) Two large dogs.
(d) A map that shows their position.

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

4. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?
(a) A compass.
(b) A revolver.
(c) Food for the dogs.
(d) The captain's spyglass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

3. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?

4. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?

5. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?

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