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

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) The butcher and eat it.
(b) They bury it at sea.
(c) They haul it to a pit and bury it.
(d) They stuff it and display it in their home.

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the family pass the winter learning?
(a) Fishing techniques.
(b) Languages.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Basket weaving.

3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what watercraft does the family cover with seal skins?
(a) The kayak.
(b) The barrel boat.
(c) The pinnace.
(d) The canoe.

4. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what talent does Franz unexpectedly display?
(a) His ability to swim.
(b) His ability to cook.
(c) His ability to train animals.
(d) His ability to climb trees.

5. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?
(a) Fluorite.
(b) Magnetite.
(c) Rock salt.
(d) Quartz.

6. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?
(a) A sudden storm.
(b) A leaking boat.
(c) A current that carries the pinnace far out to sea.
(d) A walrus attack.

7. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how does the family try to secure the Gap before they leave the area?
(a) The use explosives to fill it in with rock.
(b) They build an earthen mound and plant thorn bushes.
(c) They create a watchtower, complete with a cannon.
(d) They build a bamboo fence.

8. Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does the family find that will allow Elizabeth to make cloth?
(a) Flax.
(b) Cotton.
(c) A loom.
(d) A spinning wheel.

9. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what creature becomes the family's "winged steed"?
(a) An emu.
(b) A condor.
(c) An ostrich.
(d) A cassowary.

10. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new tool does the narrator surprise Elizabeth with?
(a) A spindle.
(b) A churn.
(c) A loom.
(d) A broom.

11. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," from what material does the narrator make the family boots?
(a) Wool felt.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Sharkskin.
(d) Wood and palm fronds.

12. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what work is being done at home while the boys go off to the Gap?
(a) They are building a sugar mill.
(b) They are harvesting bamboo.
(c) They are repairing damage to the pinnace.
(d) They are smoking boar meat.

13. How does the family celebrate the special occasion in Chapter 12, "Anniversary"?
(a) With their first cake on the island.
(b) With an all-day religious service.
(c) With a cruise aboard the pinnace.
(d) With an athletic competition.

14. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what is the "unpleasant task" that the chapter title refers to?
(a) The long hike to rebuild the earth wall at the Gap.
(b) Killing the monkeys at the Woodlands.
(c) Teaching Franz's bull calf to accept a rider.
(d) Rebuilding Falconhurst.

15. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what creature endangers the family?
(a) A lion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A snake.
(d) A hyena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

2. Why does the narrator think that it is a good idea to keep rabbits on Whale Island?

3. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what food do the boys persuade Elizabeth to cook and then find disgusting?

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the narrator do when he finds it difficult to train the animals to pull with a yoke?

5. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what animals threaten the family's dogs while the boys have them at Woodlands?

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