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

2. Which animals does the family carry from the ship with them in their improvised boat?
(a) Goats.
(b) Ducks.
(c) The dogs.
(d) Chickens.

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

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

5. Who discovers oysters and salt?
(a) Franz.
(b) Jack.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Ernest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family end up alone on the ship?

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

3. What do they make their swimming belts from?

4. Who is the original author of The Swiss Family Robinson?

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

(see the answer key)

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