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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter 16 ("A Winged Steed") through Chapter 18 ("Repairs and Fortifications").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature does Jack mistake for a crocodile?
(a) A water monitor.
(b) An iguana.
(c) A Komodo dragon
(d) A caiman.

2. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?
(a) Shark Bay.
(b) Oyster Bay.
(c) Lobster Bay.
(d) Safety Bay.

3. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the family pass the winter learning?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Fishing techniques.
(c) Basket weaving.
(d) Languages.

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

5. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what instruction does the narrator give his sons on the Sunday at Falconhurst?
(a) He wants them to practice athletic activities.
(b) He wants them to learn how to cook from their mother.
(c) He wants them to spend more time reading the Bible.
(d) He wants them to be more quiet and reflective on the Sabbath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?

2. Who thinks to bring the bag of seeds ashore?

3. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the family do with the corpse of the creature that killed one of their animals and put the family in danger?

5. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what creature becomes the family's "winged steed"?

(see the answer key)

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