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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 1 ("Shipwreck and Desertion") through Chapter 3 ("Our First Landfall").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?
(a) Turtle shells.
(b) Mussel shells.
(c) Gourds.
(d) Wood.

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

3. Just as the narrator and Fritz are about to leave camp to explore for the first time, what does he suddenly remember that they have forgotten?
(a) Their guns.
(b) One of the dogs.
(c) To say goodbye to Elizabeth.
(d) To pray.

4. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) The family has trouble locating Franz.
(b) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(c) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.
(d) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.

5. What is the first structure that the family lives in?
(a) A hut.
(b) A treehouse.
(c) A tent.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that they build a raft to get to shore?

2. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?

3. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?

4. What is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?

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

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