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

2. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.
(b) Locating a source of fresh water.
(c) Making a more secure home.
(d) Searching for other survivors.

3. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how does the family try to secure the Gap before they leave the area?
(a) They build an earthen mound and plant thorn bushes.
(b) They build a bamboo fence.
(c) They create a watchtower, complete with a cannon.
(d) The use explosives to fill it in with rock.

4. What dangerous predator does Fritz shoot near their new home in the grove of trees?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A margay.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A tiger.

5. What does Franz make with the reeds that his brothers bring him?
(a) A basket.
(b) Curtains.
(c) A riding whip.
(d) A pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the narrator use tobacco grinders for?

2. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," which family member thinks of a way to tame their "winged steed" through kindness?

3. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature does Jack mistake for a crocodile?

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," who suggests making a cave for a winter home?

5. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when Jack and Ernest follow the narrator and Fritz to the bay, what message does the narrator give them for his wife?

(see the answer key)

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