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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 14, "A Casualty," what food do the boys persuade Elizabeth to cook and then find disgusting?
(a) Elephant ear.
(b) Whale tongue.
(c) Shark fin soup.
(d) Rhinoceros horn.

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what creature does the family find on an outlying island?
(a) A rhinoceros.
(b) A dead shark.
(c) A beached whale.
(d) An elephant.

3. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?
(a) His age is not given.
(b) 4 1/2.
(c) Almost 6.
(d) 8.

4. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?
(a) A seal.
(b) A barracuda.
(c) A lobster.
(d) A shark.

5. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?
(a) Grouper.
(b) Mullet.
(c) Herring.
(d) Tuna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family find living inside the tree that Falconhurst is built on?

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," which bird does Fritz capture to keep as a pet?

3. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what does the narrator explains prevents them from fully exploring the island?

4. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?

5. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

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