The Swiss Family Robinson Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Johann Rudolf Wyss
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 180 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Swiss Family Robinson Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Johann Rudolf Wyss
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 180 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 1 ("Shipwreck and Desertion") through Chapter 3 ("Our First Landfall").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they make their swimming belts from?
(a) Seaweed and empty kegs.
(b) Rope and empty flasks.
(c) The remains of the life vests.
(d) Strips of sailcloth and cushions.

2. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?
(a) Jack.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) The narrator.

3. Which animals does the family carry from the ship with them in their improvised boat?
(a) Goats.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Chickens.
(d) The dogs.

4. What is the first structure that the family lives in?
(a) A treehouse.
(b) A cave.
(c) A hut.
(d) A tent.

5. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Sharks!
(b) Ahoy!
(c) Abandon ship!
(d) Land!

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?

2. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?

3. What does Jack find in the captain's cabin?

4. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?

5. How does the family end up alone on the ship?

(see the answer key)

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