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

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

3. Who discovers the grove of trees where the family will later build their treehouse?
(a) Franz.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What does the family decide to name "Tentholm"?
(a) Their boat.
(b) Their first home.
(c) The treehouse.
(d) One of the islands in the bay.

5. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?
(a) Turtle shells.
(b) Mussel shells.
(c) Gourds.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?

3. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

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

5. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?

(see the answer key)

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