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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4 ("Back to the Wreck") through Chapter 6 ("Ernest and Me").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator like about their original camping site?
(a) It is close to fresh water and fishing.
(b) It is easily defended and close to the shipwreck.
(c) It has plenty of space to expand their dwelling.
(d) It is the best place from which to signal passing ships.

2. How does the narrator get the first rope over the branch of the tree that they want to build their home in?
(a) With a bow and arrow.
(b) He sends the monkey up with it.
(c) By weighting the end and throwing the rope.
(d) He climbs up.

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

4. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Frtiz.
(c) Jack.
(d) The narrator.

5. What do they name the pet monkey?
(a) Squeak.
(b) Knips.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Noah.

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. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?

3. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?

4. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?

5. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?

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