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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Lilliputians do to people who are not honest?
(a) kill them
(b) banish them
(c) put them in jail
(d) make them work the worst jobs

2. Gulliver describes the island as a peninsula with what at the end?
(a) a volcano
(b) a meadow
(c) a pit
(d) a mountain

3. Who came to see Gulliver, after he was rescued from the animal?
(a) the king alone
(b) the king and queen
(c) the farmer and his wife
(d) the queen alone

4. What convinces the farmer that Gulliver is a small human?
(a) Gulliver gives the farmer money.
(b) Gulliver gives the farmer his telescope.
(c) Gulliver shows the farmer a map of England
(d) Gulliver speaks English.

5. Why is Gulliver getting ill?
(a) He can't eat the food in the land.
(b) He can't drink the water in the land.
(c) He is being overworked by the farmer.
(d) He has caught one of the giant's diseases.

6. How do the Lilliputians bury their dead?
(a) with legs at a ninety degree angle to bodies
(b) with arms folded behind their heads
(c) with heads down
(d) with arms straight up

7. Which of the following is not a reason that Gulliver is being brought up on charges by the Lilliputians.
(a) not following orders about destroying the people of Blefuscu
(b) being friendly to the ambassadors
(c) secretly marrying a woman from Blefuscu
(d) planning to sail tot he enemy's land

8. When the men go onto an island to find water, Gulliver becomes separated from them and then sees them rowing back to the boat with what following them?
(a) a shark
(b) pirates
(c) a giant
(d) a dolphin

9. Gulliver describes the dwarf shaking what from a tree and hitting Gulliver?
(a) oranges
(b) bananas
(c) pears
(d) apples

10. Where do many people come to see Gulliver, once the farmer takes him to town?
(a) at an inn
(b) in a park
(c) at thef armer's friend's house
(d) at the palace

11. How many children does the farmer have?
(a) five
(b) one
(c) three
(d) seven

12. Gulliver tells of seeing beggars with giant what?
(a) fleas
(b) ticks
(c) scabs
(d) lice

13. What does the emperor do prior to Gulliver's sentencing?
(a) He sends out a decree.
(b) He resigns his post.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He tries to convince the people that Gulliver is evil.

14. After the emperor reads the list of things found on Gulliver, what does he ask for?
(a) the pocketknife
(b) the sword
(c) the telescope
(d) the razor

15. Who becomes Gulliver's nurse?
(a) the queen
(b) the farmer's daughter
(c) the princess
(d) the king

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Gulliver stay with his wife before setting sail again?

2. Out of concern for losing an eye, Gulliver does what, while swimming away from the enemy?

3. How old is the farmer's daughter?

4. During Gulliver's game, Gulliver saves a man and a what?

5. What does Gulliver set sail with?

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