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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 gourmet food does the family obtain in Chapter 11, "Our Estates"?
(a) Escargot.
(b) Truffles.
(c) Foie gras.
(d) Caviar.

2. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," from what material does the narrator make the family boots?
(a) Rubber.
(b) Wool felt.
(c) Sharkskin.
(d) Wood and palm fronds.

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

4. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," which family member thinks of a way to tame their "winged steed" through kindness?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Franz.

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what crop does the family harvest "Italian style" (266)?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Grain.
(d) Manioc.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what work is being done at home while the boys go off to the Gap?

3. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?

4. What does Jack offer to make for the dogs?

5. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?

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