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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the islanders call the Chinese crewmen when they refuse to sail?
(a) Chinks.
(b) Smart.
(c) Cowards.
(d) Idiots.

2. What ship do Phillip and his mother board to leave the island?
(a) S.S. Hato.
(b) The Queen Anne.
(c) S.S. Empire Tern.
(d) S.S. Blackbird.

3. Who is afraid of airplanes?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Henrik.
(d) Grace.

4. Who sends the S.S. Empire Tern to the island?
(a) The German Navy.
(b) The American Navy.
(c) The British Navy.
(d) The Chinese Navy.

5. How does Phillip's father feel about the prospect of the supply ships sailing again?
(a) Angry.
(b) Uncertain.
(c) Worried.
(d) Confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the charge against the Chinese crewmen who refuse to sail?

2. At the beginning of the book, what is the name of the town where Phillip and his family live?

3. Off of what country's coast is the island Phillip and his parents live on at the beginning of the book?

4. Who is Grace?

5. According to Phillip's father, why can't the islanders fight the Germans?

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