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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which family member discovers the Canary wine?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Jack.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Franz.

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

5. How do the narrator and Fritz get the sheep and goats to shore?
(a) Swimming belts.
(b) A raft.
(c) In their boat.
(d) The sheep and goats get themselves to shore.

6. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Corn.
(c) Manioc.
(d) Figs.

7. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?
(a) Storage for their gunpowder.
(b) A shelter for the animals.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A better boat.

8. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?
(a) Oyster Bay.
(b) Shark Bay.
(c) Safety Bay.
(d) Lobster Bay.

9. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," why is the narrator pleased to find wax myrtle?
(a) The berries are a delicious spice.
(b) They can use them to make wine.
(c) It will allow them to make candles.
(d) The berries have important medical properties.

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

11. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
(a) That they attach a mast and sail.
(b) That they scrap it in favor of a flat raft.
(c) That they seal the barrels with sap.
(d) That they create outriggers to stabilize it.

12. What wild bird is the family's first addition to their flock?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A flamingo.
(c) A stork.
(d) A crane.

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

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

15. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?
(a) She says that they should find something to eat.
(b) She says that they should have a family prayer.
(c) She laughs and says that God will protect them.
(d) She breaks down crying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what does the narrator explains prevents them from fully exploring the island?

3. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what instruction does the narrator give his sons on the Sunday at Falconhurst?

4. Why is Elizabeth so frightened when the narrator has the boys fire the pinnace's cannon?

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

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