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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 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what creature does the family find on an outlying island?
(a) A beached whale.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A rhinoceros.
(d) A dead shark.

2. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what unanticipated danger do the narrator and his sons face?
(a) A leaking boat.
(b) A sudden storm.
(c) A current that carries the pinnace far out to sea.
(d) A walrus attack.

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

4. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the family name the new mount?
(a) Blizzard.
(b) Cyclone.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Typhoon.

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what watercraft does the family cover with seal skins?
(a) The barrel boat.
(b) The canoe.
(c) The pinnace.
(d) The kayak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the ship have so many useful supplies on board?

2. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," how does Jack react to the noises that Fritz and the narrator make inside the cave?

3. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?

4. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," why is the narrator pleased to find wax myrtle?

5. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new tool does the narrator surprise Elizabeth with?

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