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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4 ("Back to the Wreck") through Chapter 6 ("Ernest and Me").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 5, "A New Home," what does Elizabeth say about another trip to the shipwreck?
(a) It makes her very nervous.
(b) She would like to come with them.
(c) She would like them to get a butter churn.
(d) They should not stay overnight anymore.

3. What do they make dog armor from?
(a) Turtle shells.
(b) Shark skin.
(c) Porcupine quills.
(d) Coconut shells.

4. 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) To pray.
(c) One of the dogs.
(d) To say goodbye to Elizabeth.

5. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?
(a) They will be helpful in hunting.
(b) They will be good security for the family.
(c) They will be able to help the family swim to shore.
(d) They are useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?

2. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?

3. How does the narrator get the first rope over the branch of the tree that they want to build their home in?

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

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

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