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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 14, "A Casualty," when Jack and Fritz scare Ernest by making the animals carrying him go too fast, what is the response of their parents?
(a) They tell Ernest to stop being so easily frightened.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They make Jack and Fritz do Ernest's chores.
(d) They give Jack and Fritz's animals to Ernest.

2. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the narrator use tobacco grinders for?
(a) To prepare coconut.
(b) To grind corn.
(c) To grind tobacco.
(d) To shred manioc.

3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creature frightens the boys enough that they send for help from their father?
(a) Rhinos.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Water buffaloes.
(d) Hippos.

4. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?
(a) She would like to come with them.
(b) They should not stay overnight anymore.
(c) It makes her very nervous.
(d) She would like them to get a butter churn.

5. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?
(a) A revolver.
(b) Food for the dogs.
(c) The captain's spyglass.
(d) A compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family build around the roots of the tree that supports Falconhurst?

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," which bird does Fritz capture to keep as a pet?

3. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?

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

5. How do the narrator and Fritz get the sheep and goats to shore?

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