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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. What does Franz make with the reeds that his brothers bring him?
(a) A basket.
(b) A riding whip.
(c) A pillow.
(d) Curtains.
2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what is the "unpleasant task" that the chapter title refers to?
(a) Rebuilding Falconhurst.
(b) The long hike to rebuild the earth wall at the Gap.
(c) Killing the monkeys at the Woodlands.
(d) Teaching Franz's bull calf to accept a rider.
3. 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.
4. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new construction particularly pleases Elizabeth?
(a) A new roof for Falconhurst.
(b) An aqueduct to bring fresh water to Rock House.
(c) An indoor fireplace at Rock House.
(d) A separate shelter for the animals at Falconhurst.
5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what happens to Jack when he is gathering canes?
(a) He finds their old donkey and its new mate.
(b) He gets lost and the family has to search for him.
(c) He and Fangs have to face down a pack of wild jackals.
(d) He falls in the swamp and gets stuck in the mud.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?
2. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does Ernest train Knips to do?
3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what watercraft does the family cover with seal skins?
4. What does the family build around the roots of the tree that supports Falconhurst?
5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new kind of bird does the family begin keeping at Rock House?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what new method of skinning animals does the narrator devise, and why does he feel it is necessary?
2. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," where does the family explore for the first time and what new animal do they capture to ride, there?
3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what do the boys find has happened at Prospect Hill, and what is their response?
4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," why does the narrator not take the pinnace to explore beyond Cape Disappointment?
5. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the narrator explain grafting to his sons?
6. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how do Jack and Fritz wake the family, and how do their parents respond?
7. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what reactions does the family have to the dead whale?
8. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what dirty job does the family undertake, and what does it cause Elizabeth to suggest?
9. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," how does Ernest kill the muskrats, and what does he intend to do with them?
10. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the narrator feel as the boys ride away on their first solo expedition?
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