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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4 ("Back to the Wreck") through Chapter 6 ("Ernest and Me").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Mussel shells.
(c) Gourds.
(d) Turtle shells.

2. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?
(a) Jack.
(b) Ernest.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Frtiz.

3. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?
(a) Bend one of the gun barrels.
(b) Sets his soup down to cool in a larger shell.
(c) Lecture his brothers about things he actually does not know about.
(d) Get himself stuck in the mud by the river.

4. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?
(a) They look to see if any of the island's animals eat the fruit.
(b) They eat a small piece first.
(c) They ask Ernest, who knows a lot about the natural world.
(d) They see if their monkey will eat them.

5. What kind of animals are Turk and Juno?
(a) Cows.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack offer to make for the dogs?

2. On their second trip out to the shipwreck, what do they discover washed up on an island?

3. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

4. What does Fritz do that causes the narrator to tell him that he is the oldest and needs to set a better example?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, "Ernest and Me," what tradition does the family observe?

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