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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.
(b) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.
(c) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(d) The family has trouble locating Franz.

2. What do they make their swimming belts from?
(a) Seaweed and empty kegs.
(b) Strips of sailcloth and cushions.
(c) The remains of the life vests.
(d) Rope and empty flasks.

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

4. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?
(a) A shark.
(b) A lobster.
(c) A barracuda.
(d) A seal.

5. When the narrator sees the tall, arching roots of the trees where they are going to build their home, what kind of tree does he say they are?
(a) Mangroves.
(b) Baobabs.
(c) Kauris.
(d) Catalpas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?

2. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?

3. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?

4. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is convenient about the discovery of the dead shark's body?

2. What jobs does Elizabeth take on from the time of the shipwreck onward?

3. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what do Elizabeth and the narrator disagree about, and what is the outcome of their disagreement?

4. How does the family observe their first Sabbath together?

5. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what is convenient about Jack's discovery of clay?

6. What problem occurs when the family tries to launch their barrel boat, and how do they solve it?

7. When the narrator wakes Ernest early, what is his reasoning, and how does Ernest respond?

8. When Fritz shoots the margay, how does Ernest react, and what does the narrator tell him?

9. What creature does Fritz shoot in the bay, and how does Elizabeth react to this?

10. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what happens as a result of Ernest's discovery of manioc root?

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