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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 two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?
(a) Flamingos and penguins.
(b) Flamingos and cranes.
(c) Geese and penguins.
(d) Geese and cranes.

2. Who is the original author of The Swiss Family Robinson?
(a) Alexander Selkirk.
(b) Daniel DeFoe.
(c) Johann Wyss.
(d) Mary Jane Godwin.

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

4. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Land!
(b) Sharks!
(c) Abandon ship!
(d) Ahoy!

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?

2. What do they make their swimming belts from?

3. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?

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

5. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

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