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

2. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.
(b) Making a more secure home.
(c) Searching for other survivors.
(d) Locating a source of fresh water.

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

4. What does Fritz do that causes the narrator to tell him that he is the oldest and needs to set a better example?
(a) Get lost on their first day on the island.
(b) Strike one of the dogs with his bun barrel.
(c) Refuse to get in the water to harvest oysters.
(d) Pretend to be asleep when there is work to be done.

5. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Fritz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?

2. Which animals does the family carry from the ship with them in their improvised boat?

3. Just as the narrator and Fritz are about to leave camp to explore for the first time, what does he suddenly remember that they have forgotten?

4. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

5. Who thinks to bring the bag of seeds ashore?

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