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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what animals threaten the family's dogs while the boys have them at Woodlands?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Dingoes.
(c) Hyenas.
(d) Jackals.

2. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what does the family discover on Shark Island after they have left the antelope there for several months?
(a) The antelope have had a number of babies.
(b) There is a spring where the antelope can get fresh water.
(c) The antelope have eaten all of their fruit trees.
(d) There is an enormous snake on the island preying on the antelope.

3. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what animal makes a noise in the woods that terrifies the family?
(a) A lion.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) The donkey.
(d) A wolf.

4. Who suggests a way to measure the distance across the stream?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Franz.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Fritz.

5. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
(a) That they seal the barrels with sap.
(b) That they scrap it in favor of a flat raft.
(c) That they create outriggers to stabilize it.
(d) That they attach a mast and sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?

2. What kind of animals are Turk and Juno?

3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what work is being done at home while the boys go off to the Gap?

4. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what idea does Fritz have to pass time during the rainy season?

5. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?

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