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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does the family find that will allow Elizabeth to make cloth?
(a) A loom.
(b) A spinning wheel.
(c) Flax.
(d) Cotton.

2. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?
(a) Magnetite.
(b) Rock salt.
(c) Fluorite.
(d) Quartz.

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what kind of fish arrives in large numbers?
(a) Herring.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Mullet.
(d) Grouper.

4. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
(a) That they create outriggers to stabilize it.
(b) That they scrap it in favor of a flat raft.
(c) That they attach a mast and sail.
(d) That they seal the barrels with sap.

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?
(a) A walrus attack.
(b) A current that carries the pinnace far out to sea.
(c) A leaking boat.
(d) A sudden storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," what do the narrator and Elizabeth decide their next priority should be?

2. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," which family member thinks of a way to tame their "winged steed" through kindness?

3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creatures does Fritz poison in large numbers?

4. Why does the narrator think that it is a good idea to keep rabbits on Whale Island?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?

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