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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. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what new creature does Franz discover and kill?
(a) A capybara.
(b) A platypus.
(c) An armadillo.
(d) A heron.

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

3. In the beginning of Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the narrator announce that the boys are allowed to do without him?
(a) Explore.
(b) Decide what to work on during the day.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Take the pinnace out.

4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creatures does Fritz poison in large numbers?
(a) Birds.
(b) Fish.
(c) Seals.
(d) Monkeys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what spice do the boys discover and dislike the taste of?

2. What is the first name that the family gives to their cave house?

3. What gourmet food does the family obtain in Chapter 11, "Our Estates"?

4. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what creature becomes the family's "winged steed"?

5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the family rename Rock House?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how do Jack and Fritz wake the family, and how do their parents respond?

2. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how do the narrator and his sons succeed in catching an ostrich?

3. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," how do the narrator and his three older sons deal with the monkeys who have been damaging their outpost at Woodlands?

4. At the end of Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what construction of Fritz's planning does the family finally find time to work on, and what are the details of its construction?

5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what improvements are made to the cave house during the winter?

6. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new source of potential danger does the family discover, and what do they decide to do about it?

7. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what is Elizabeth's first reaction to the ostrich, and what does Jack tell her in reply?

8. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family bring water to Falconhurst?

9. 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?

10. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family make a staircase to their treehouse?

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