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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many passengers board the ship with Phillip and his mother to leave the island?
(a) 56.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 8.

2. What causes the S.S. Hato to sink?
(a) It is torpedoed.
(b) It hits another ship.
(c) It is bombed by an aircraft.
(d) The engine malfunctions.

3. Where do Phillip and Henrik often spend time playing pirates?
(a) In Phillip's back yard.
(b) The ancient fort.
(c) The harbor.
(d) In Henrik's basement.

4. In Chapter 3, why does Phillip vomit over the side of the raft?
(a) He is in shock.
(b) He has the stomach flu.
(c) He has eaten a bad fish.
(d) Timothy hit him in the stomach.

5. How does Phillip's father feel about the prospect of the supply ships sailing again?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confident.
(c) Worried.
(d) Uncertain.

6. What is Phillip's father's name?
(a) Joseph Smith
(b) Phillip Enright, Sr.
(c) Walter Van Boven.
(d) Phillip Thomas.

7. In Chapter 6, why does Timothy yell at Phillip?
(a) Phillip eats all the food.
(b) Phillip becomes despondent.
(c) Phillip drinks all the water.
(d) Phillip falls into the shark infested waters.

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

9. Who is afraid of airplanes?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Henrik.
(d) Grace.

10. Where does Phillip tell Timothy he is from?
(a) St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York City.
(d) Africa.

11. In Chapter 3, how much water does Timothy give Phillip when he first asks for it?
(a) A tiny cup.
(b) As much as he can drink.
(c) A large cupful.
(d) One sip.

12. In Chapter 6, where does Timothy think he and Phillip will be better off?
(a) On the island.
(b) In the ocean.
(c) On the raft.
(d) Dead.

13. What is the destination of the ship Phillip and his mother leave the island on?
(a) Panama.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) New York.
(d) England.

14. What island does Henrik tell Phillip has been destroyed?
(a) Aruba.
(b) Easter Island.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) Curacao.

15. What type of ship do the Chinese crewman refuse to sail on?
(a) Battleship
(b) Cruise ship.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Oil tanker.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Phillip goes blind, how long does Timothy tell him it will take him to regain his sight?

2. Off of what country's coast is the island Phillip and his parents live on at the beginning of the book?

3. On what island are Phillip and his parents living when the book starts?

4. What does Phillip hide under his makeshift bed on the couch?

5. According to Phillip's father, why can't the islanders fight the Germans?

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