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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14, pp. pp. 141-163.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?
(a) The ship was badly damaged in a storm.
(b) The sailors mutinied.
(c) The ship sprung a leak.
(d) The last chicken was killed which the captain ate.

2. What do the narrators hope to find if they follow the river at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) Weapons for hunting.
(b) Friendly natives.
(c) A valley with fruit.
(d) Their shipmates.

3. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) After the second watch.
(c) During the fight with the French.
(d) During shore leave.

4. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?
(a) Whales.
(b) Approaching land.
(c) Other shipping.
(d) Good weather.

5. What does the narrator try to conceal from Toby?
(a) His hunger.
(b) His plan to return to the ship.
(c) His fear of the natives.
(d) His poor health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Toby find in their pockets when they have reached the mountain?

2. What do Fayaway and Tinor wear as decorations?

3. What do Toby and the narrator see when they reach the valley at the bottom of the second waterfall?

4. How does Toby plan to help Tommo?

5. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?

(see the answer key)

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