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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," how does Jack react to the noises that Fritz and the narrator make inside the cave?
(a) He runs away and gets lost in the swamp.
(b) He thinks they are in danger and rushes inside.
(c) He is frightened and bursts into tears.
(d) He yells into the cave and then fires his gun.

2. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new outpost does the narrator propose?
(a) A farm.
(b) An orchard.
(c) A watchtower.
(d) A fishing platform.

3. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the narrator use to teach their new birds how to find their way home?
(a) Smoke signals.
(b) The scent of aniseed.
(c) The sound of bamboo striking a barrel.
(d) The flashing light from a piece of tin.

4. What does the family find living inside the tree that Falconhurst is built on?
(a) Bees.
(b) A bear cub.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Owls.

5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what creature does the family find on an outlying island?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A dead shark.
(c) A rhinoceros.
(d) A beached whale.

6. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," which animal ends up being the "casualty" of the chapter title?
(a) Storm.
(b) Grizzle.
(c) Turk.
(d) Lightfoot.

7. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," why does the narrator tell Jack that he must come along on their expedition to explore the island for snakes?
(a) He says that Jack must stop being lazy.
(b) He needs Jack to show him where the swamp is.
(c) He says that Jack must face what he fears.
(d) He needs Jack to set a good example for Ernest.

8. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what odd-looking creature do the narrator and Fritz discover?
(a) A platypus.
(b) An armadillo.
(c) A bushbaby.
(d) A shoebill.

9. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what animals threaten the family's dogs while the boys have them at Woodlands?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Dingoes.
(d) Jackals.

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

11. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," where does the family decide to keep their supply of gunpowder?
(a) On one of the islands in the bay.
(b) In a hut near their cave.
(c) At Falconhurst.
(d) Inside the cave they will be living in.

12. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?
(a) A wild jackal.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Franz.
(d) Juno.

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

14. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the narrator name the new donkey colt?
(a) Grumble.
(b) Swift.
(c) Storm.
(d) Lightfoot.

15. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new kind of bird does the family begin keeping at Rock House?
(a) Flamingos.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Penguins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does Elizabeth ask the narrator to construct?

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?

4. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what problem does the narrator solve at Rock House?

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," the family works at "threshing" and "winnowing" a crop (268). What does this mean that they are doing?

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