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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. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?
(a) Franz.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Juno.
(d) A wild jackal.

2. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?
(a) He tells Ernest to stop wishing for things and sit down and eat like everybody else.
(b) He asks Ernest if he has any ideas about how to make butter on the island.
(c) He is pleased to be able to surprise the family with some butter from the ship.
(d) He says that he will look for a butter churn on board the ship.

3. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what clever idea do the boys come up with to make the antelope easier to hunt?
(a) They drive the herd into a cave.
(b) They drive them through the Gap onto the family's side of the island.
(c) They drive them into the ocean, where they are slowed down trying to swim.
(d) They drive the herd off of a cliff.

4. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what talent does Franz unexpectedly display?
(a) His ability to swim.
(b) His ability to cook.
(c) His ability to climb trees.
(d) His ability to train animals.

5. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creatures does Fritz poison in large numbers?
(a) Birds.
(b) Seals.
(c) Fish.
(d) Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?

2. On their second trip out to the shipwreck, what do they discover washed up on an island?

3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," the family works at "threshing" and "winnowing" a crop (268). What does this mean that they are doing?

4. Why does the ship have so many useful supplies on board?

5. What does the family find living inside the tree that Falconhurst is built on?

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