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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Timothy make the hut out of?
(a) Dried palm fronds.
(b) Wood cut from the palm trees.
(c) Mud.
(d) Wood from the raft.

2. What is the last name of Phillip's friend, Henrik?
(a) Van Lipsen.
(b) Van Boven.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Gibson.

3. Off of what country's coast is the island Phillip and his parents live on at the beginning of the book?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Venezuela.

4. In Chapter 13, what does Phillip believe about Timothy?
(a) He has gone crazy.
(b) He is the smartest man Phillip knows.
(c) He has given up hope of rescue.
(d) He is older than he says he is.

5. What ship do Phillip and his mother board to leave the island?
(a) S.S. Hato.
(b) S.S. Empire Tern.
(c) The Queen Anne.
(d) S.S. Blackbird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Timothy and Phillip eat a large meal before the tempest hits?

2. In Chapter 12, as Timothy and Phillip return from the beach to their campsite, what does Timothy do for the first time?

3. What does Phillip feel slithering around his feet as the tempest begins to hit?

4. How many feet out on the reef is the fishing hole?

5. What do the rains of the tempest feel like to Phillip?

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