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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 is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?
(a) He is immature and impulsive.
(b) He has a quick temper.
(c) He is too emotional.
(d) He spends too much time thinking.

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

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

4. 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) A compass.
(d) The captain's spyglass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?

2. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?

3. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?

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

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

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