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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. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?
(a) Manioc.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Figs.
(d) Corn.

2. 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) Making a more secure home.
(d) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.

3. How old is Franz at the beginning of the story?
(a) Almost 6.
(b) 8.
(c) His age is not given.
(d) 4 1/2.

4. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?
(a) It is too difficult to get materials up so high to build.
(b) That would keep us safe from animals on the ground.
(c) A house in the trees would never be safe for Franz.
(d) That would be a great idea, if we could fly.

5. How does the family test whether fruits are safe to eat?
(a) They see if their monkey will eat them.
(b) They look to see if any of the island's animals eat the fruit.
(c) They eat a small piece first.
(d) They ask Ernest, who knows a lot about the natural world.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What kind of animals are Turk and Juno?

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