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

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what instruction does the narrator give his sons on the Sunday at Falconhurst?
(a) He wants them to learn how to cook from their mother.
(b) He wants them to practice athletic activities.
(c) He wants them to spend more time reading the Bible.
(d) He wants them to be more quiet and reflective on the Sabbath.

5. What creatures does Jack mistake for "little people" (103)?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Bear cubs.
(c) Flamingos.
(d) Penguins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member discovers the Canary wine?

2. What does the narrator like about their original camping site?

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

4. When Fritz suggests that they make a basin at the stream, what material does the narrator say they will need?

5. The title of Chapter 9 is "A Growing Menagerie." What is a menagerie?

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