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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 7 ("Bread") through Chapter 9 ("A Growing Managerie").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what do the narrator and Fritz do first when they get to the wreck?
(a) Build large raft.
(b) Make mast and sail for their boat.
(c) Load up the mattresses and furniture.
(d) Go fishing.

2. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Sharks!
(b) Land!
(c) Ahoy!
(d) Abandon ship!

3. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?
(a) They are farther West than he had imagined.
(b) They must be near the equator.
(c) There must be mountains somewhere past the cliffs.
(d) Their island is unexpectedly large.

4. On their second trip out to the shipwreck, what do they discover washed up on an island?
(a) A dead sailor.
(b) The shark that Fritz shot.
(c) The trunks and barrels from the captain's room.
(d) One of their missing sheep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 9 is "A Growing Menagerie." What is a menagerie?

2. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?

3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?

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

5. What substance does the family use to treat animal wounds?

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