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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phillip realize that oil will do for his signal fire?
(a) Make the flames higher.
(b) Make it smell better.
(c) Make the smoke white.
(d) Make the smoke black.

2. In Chapter 19, what does Phillip hear that makes him think he is dreaming?
(a) A dog barking.
(b) People talking.
(c) Singing.
(d) A ship's engine.

3. How many feet out on the reef is the fishing hole?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

4. Who tells Henrik the American Navy will arrive at Curacao soon?
(a) One of the Chinese crewmen.
(b) Grace.
(c) Phillip, Sr.
(d) Phillip.

5. What is the charge against the Chinese crewmen who refuse to sail?
(a) Traitors.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how old does Timothy tell Phillip he is?

2. Where do the men who rescue Phillip sound like they are from?

3. In Chapter 3, why does Phillip vomit over the side of the raft?

4. What sense becomes more acute for Phillip after his blindness?

5. What does Timothy build on a forty foot rise near the palm trees?

(see the answer key)

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