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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 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?
(a) The ten-year anniversary of the family's conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism.
(b) Elizabeth's thirty-fifth birthday.
(c) The one-year anniversary of their stranding on the island.
(d) The sixteen-year anniversary of the narrator and Elizabeth's marraige.

2. How does the family celebrate the special occasion in Chapter 12, "Anniversary"?
(a) With a cruise aboard the pinnace.
(b) With an all-day religious service.
(c) With an athletic competition.
(d) With their first cake on the island.

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

4. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?
(a) Tar.
(b) Resin.
(c) Edible seeds.
(d) Lightweight wood.

5. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what animal makes a noise in the woods that terrifies the family?
(a) A lion.
(b) The donkey.
(c) A wolf.
(d) The buffalo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they make dog armor from?

2. How do the narrator and Fritz get the sheep and goats to shore?

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

4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what animals threaten the family's dogs while the boys have them at Woodlands?

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

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