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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the island of Nukuheva?
(a) 12 miles by 8 miles.
(b) 2 miles by 1 mile.
(c) 20 miles by 20 miles.
(d) 5 miles by 2 miles.

2. What do the narrator and Toby plan to subsist on on the island?
(a) Food stolen from the ship.
(b) Food stolen from the marketplace.
(c) Food stolen from the natives.
(d) Wild fruit.

3. Toward what land does the ship steer?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Borneo.
(c) The Marquesas Islands.
(d) Australia.

4. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?
(a) The ship was badly damaged in a storm.
(b) The sailors mutinied.
(c) The last chicken was killed which the captain ate.
(d) The ship sprung a leak.

5. What did the French Admiral demand when he reached his next destination after Nukuheva?
(a) Liberty for the natives.
(b) Repairs for his ship.
(c) Money and treasure.
(d) Safe haven for his crew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?

2. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?

3. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

4. How does the narrator describe Toby?

5. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?

(see the answer key)

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