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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. What does the family name "Falconhurst"?
(a) Their first home.
(b) The treehouse.
(c) One of the islands in the bay.
(d) Their boat.

2. Why does the narrator collect sap from the euphorbia tree?
(a) It is delicious when boiled down into a sugar.
(b) He will use it to make pitch for waterproofing the pinnace.
(c) He will use it to make turpentine.
(d) He intends to use it to poison monkeys.

3. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?
(a) They look to see if any of the island's animals eat the fruit.
(b) They ask Ernest, who knows a lot about the natural world.
(c) They see if their monkey will eat them.
(d) They eat a small piece first.

4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what clever way do the boys find of communicating across distances?
(a) Using gunshots as a kind of Morse code.
(b) Tying messages to pigeons.
(c) Smoke signals.
(d) Semaphore flags.

5. What dangerous predator does Fritz shoot near their new home in the grove of trees?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A margay.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A hyena.

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. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?

3. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," where does the family decide to keep their supply of gunpowder?

5. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the family name the new mount?

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