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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what creature becomes the family's "winged steed"?
2. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?
3. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," why does the narrator tell Jack that he must come along on their expedition to explore the island for snakes?
4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what spice do the boys discover and dislike the taste of?
5. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," how does Jack react to the noises that Fritz and the narrator make inside the cave?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what construction of Fritz's planning does the family finally find time to work on, and what are the details of its construction?
2. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," where does the family explore for the first time and what new animal do they capture to ride, there?
3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," when the boys return from hunting, what does Jack say about hunting with the ostrich, and what is the narrator's reply?
4. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how does Franz end up with a large animal to take care of and train?
5. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new source of potential danger does the family discover, and what do they decide to do about it?
6. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family make a staircase to their treehouse?
7. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what are the improvements that the family makes to the cave before they move in?
8. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the narrator feel as the boys ride away on their first solo expedition?
9. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what is Elizabeth's first reaction to the ostrich, and what does Jack tell her in reply?
10. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when the sea turtle is towing the pinnace, what do the boys call the narrator, and how does he respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explain the publication history of this novel, including the effects of its translation into French and later translation into English. How has this book changed over the years, and what is the significance of the changes? Be sure to use specific textual evidence to support your claims and to cite in MLA format any outside resources you use in your essay.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you evaluate this novel as a teaching tool. What are the main values that it seeks to teach, and is it successful? Are there other values that it teaches besides those that the narrator directly expresses? Are these likely to be values that audiences of the time would have endorsed, and why or why not? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explore the sometimes conflicting attitudes the book expresses toward the usefulness of book learning. Does the narrator believe that the kind of education you can get from books is always valuable, or only valuable under certain circumstances? Use specific textual evidence to support your claims.
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