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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 7 ("Bread") through Chapter 9 ("A Growing Managerie").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers the grove of trees where the family will later build their treehouse?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Fritz.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Franz.

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

3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?
(a) Figs.
(b) Manioc.
(c) Corn.
(d) Bananas.

4. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(b) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.
(c) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.
(d) The family has trouble locating Franz.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, "Bread," why is the narrator irritated with Jack and Ernest?
(a) They have eaten the potatoes the family needs for dinner.
(b) They have been quarreling with one another.
(c) They have left camp without permission.
(d) They will not stop bothering him about being allowed to go to the wreck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?

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

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

5. Who suggests a way to measure the distance across the stream?

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