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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4 ("Back to the Wreck") through Chapter 6 ("Ernest and Me").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator get the first rope over the branch of the tree that they want to build their home in?
(a) He sends the monkey up with it.
(b) By weighting the end and throwing the rope.
(c) He climbs up.
(d) With a bow and arrow.

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

3. What does the narrator like about their original camping site?
(a) It is easily defended and close to the shipwreck.
(b) It is the best place from which to signal passing ships.
(c) It has plenty of space to expand their dwelling.
(d) It is close to fresh water and fishing.

4. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Jack.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Ernest.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, "Ernest and Me," what tradition does the family observe?
(a) Saturday cleaning.
(b) Ernest's birthday.
(c) The Sabbath.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?

2. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?

3. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?

4. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?

5. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?

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