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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 does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?
(a) The family's last name.
(b) The name of the island.
(c) The name of the ship the family originally travels on.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

2. When Elizabeth learns that they are alone on the ship, what is her response?
(a) She breaks down crying.
(b) She laughs and says that God will protect them.
(c) She says that they should have a family prayer.
(d) She says that they should find something to eat.

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

4. From the speed of nightfall, what does the narrator deduce?
(a) There must be mountains somewhere past the cliffs.
(b) They must be near the equator.
(c) Their island is unexpectedly large.
(d) They are farther West than he had imagined.

5. What do they make their swimming belts from?
(a) Seaweed and empty kegs.
(b) Strips of sailcloth and cushions.
(c) The remains of the life vests.
(d) Rope and empty flasks.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

3. What does Fritz do that causes the narrator to tell him that he is the oldest and needs to set a better example?

4. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?

5. Which animals does the family carry from the ship with them in their improvised boat?

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