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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. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?
(a) She breaks down crying.
(b) She says that they should have a family prayer.
(c) She laughs and says that God will protect them.
(d) She says that they should find something to eat.

2. What do they name the pet monkey?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Squeak.
(c) Noah.
(d) Knips.

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?
(a) Wintergreen candy.
(b) A canoe.
(c) Birch beer.
(d) Roofing material.

4. Who discovers the grove of trees where the family will later build their treehouse?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Fritz.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Franz.

5. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?
(a) Bend one of the gun barrels.
(b) Sets his soup down to cool in a larger shell.
(c) Lecture his brothers about things he actually does not know about.
(d) Get himself stuck in the mud by the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animals are Turk and Juno?

2. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?

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

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

5. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?

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