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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 7 ("Bread") through Chapter 9 ("A Growing Managerie").

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?
(a) Flamingos and penguins.
(b) Geese and penguins.
(c) Geese and cranes.
(d) Flamingos and cranes.

3. 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) To pray.
(b) One of the dogs.
(c) Their guns.
(d) To say goodbye to Elizabeth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when the family sleeps in one morning, what is the narrator's response?

3. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?

4. What creatures does Jack mistake for "little people" (103)?

5. When the narrator sees the tall, arching roots of the trees where they are going to build their home, what kind of tree does he say they are?

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