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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Chapter 19 ("Independence") through Chapter 21 ("Partings").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the family do with the corpse of the creature that killed one of their animals and put the family in danger?
(a) They stuff it and display it in their home.
(b) They haul it to a pit and bury it.
(c) The butcher and eat it.
(d) They bury it at sea.

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

3. In Chapter 20, "Miss Montrose," why does Fritz at first hide from the family?
(a) He thinks that they might be Malay pirates.
(b) He wants more time to himself.
(c) He does not want them to see his companion.
(d) He has a high fever and is afraid to make them sick as well.

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

5. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?
(a) Their boat.
(b) Their first home.
(c) The treehouse.
(d) One of the islands in the bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, "Independence," what delicacy does Fritz bring back from his trip?

2. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when Jack and Fritz scare Ernest by making the animals carrying him go too fast, what is the response of their parents?

3. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what creature does the narrator cause to tow the pinnace to shore?

4. What wild bird is the family's first addition to their flock?

5. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what unusual food does the narrator convince Fritz to try?

(see the answer key)

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