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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 10 ("Changing Seasons") through Chapter 12 ("Anniversary").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does the family find that will allow Elizabeth to make cloth?
(a) Flax.
(b) A spinning wheel.
(c) A loom.
(d) Cotton.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?
(a) It makes her very nervous.
(b) She would like them to get a butter churn.
(c) She would like to come with them.
(d) They should not stay overnight anymore.

4. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what do the narrator and Fritz do first when they get to the wreck?
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Load up the mattresses and furniture.
(c) Build large raft.
(d) Make mast and sail for their boat.

5. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what new weapon does the narrator make for his sons?
(a) A catapult.
(b) A boomerang.
(c) A crossbow.
(d) A bola.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what unusual food does the narrator convince Fritz to try?

3. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

4. What do they make their swimming belts from?

5. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when the family sleeps in one morning, what is the narrator's response?

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