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

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

3. In the beginning of Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the narrator announce that the boys are allowed to do without him?
(a) Decide what to work on during the day.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Explore.
(d) Take the pinnace out.

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," where does the family decide to keep their supply of gunpowder?
(a) In a hut near their cave.
(b) At Falconhurst.
(c) Inside the cave they will be living in.
(d) On one of the islands in the bay.

5. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," which brother again stays back with his parents while the other boys go off on an expedition?
(a) Fritz.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Franz.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what watercraft does the family cover with seal skins?

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

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

4. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?

5. What dangerous predator does Fritz shoot near their new home in the grove of trees?

(see the answer key)

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