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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 two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?
(a) Flamingos and penguins.
(b) Flamingos and cranes.
(c) Geese and cranes.
(d) Geese and penguins.

2. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?
(a) That would keep us safe from animals on the ground.
(b) A house in the trees would never be safe for Franz.
(c) That would be a great idea, if we could fly.
(d) It is too difficult to get materials up so high to build.

3. What fortunate discovery does Jack make while they are hollowing out a cave from the rock?
(a) Metal that can be used for tool making.
(b) Bat guano that can be used for fertilizer.
(c) A new water supply.
(d) A large cavern.

4. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?
(a) They must be near the equator.
(b) There must be mountains somewhere past the cliffs.
(c) Their island is unexpectedly large.
(d) They are farther West than he had imagined.

5. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?
(a) They ask Ernest, who knows a lot about the natural world.
(b) They eat a small piece first.
(c) They see if their monkey will eat them.
(d) They look to see if any of the island's animals eat the fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does Elizabeth ask the narrator to construct?

5. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?

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