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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. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?
(a) Frtiz.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Jack.

2. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?
(a) He is pleased to be able to surprise the family with some butter from the ship.
(b) He asks Ernest if he has any ideas about how to make butter on the island.
(c) He says that he will look for a butter churn on board the ship.
(d) He tells Ernest to stop wishing for things and sit down and eat like everybody else.

3. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?
(a) A shelter for the animals.
(b) A better boat.
(c) Storage for their gunpowder.
(d) A bridge.

4. 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 them to get a butter churn.
(c) They should not stay overnight anymore.
(d) She would like to come with them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How do the narrator and Fritz get the sheep and goats to shore?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," what do the narrator and Elizabeth decide their next priority should be?

5. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?

(see the answer key)

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