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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. What does the family find living inside the tree that Falconhurst is built on?
(a) Bees.
(b) A bear cub.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Owls.

2. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Locating a source of fresh water.
(b) Making a more secure home.
(c) Searching for other survivors.
(d) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.

3. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?
(a) He tells Ernest to stop wishing for things and sit down and eat like everybody else.
(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 is pleased to be able to surprise the family with some butter from the ship.

4. What creatures does Jack mistake for "little people" (103)?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Flamingos.
(c) Penguins.
(d) Bear cubs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, "Bread," why is the narrator irritated with Jack and Ernest?

3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?

5. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

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