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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?
(a) Sepals.
(b) Stamens.
(c) Cultivars.
(d) Plots.

2. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Old Wizard.”
(b) “Old Waxy.”
(c) “Old Gremlin.”
(d) “Old Potters.”

3. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Simon.

4. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Reddish brown.
(b) Solid black.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Olive green.

5. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?
(a) Black.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

3. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?

4. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

5. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

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