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

2. What is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?
(a) He spends too much time thinking.
(b) He has a quick temper.
(c) He is too emotional.
(d) He is immature and impulsive.

3. Why is Elizabeth so frightened when the narrator has the boys fire the pinnace's cannon?
(a) She did not know that the new boat had cannons.
(b) She is easily frightened and hates gunfire.
(c) The boat has been kept a secret from her until this moment.
(d) The narrator and the boys come back much sooner than she aniticipated.

4. What substance does the family use to treat animal wounds?
(a) Bark tea.
(b) Butter.
(c) Sap.
(d) Fish oil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack find in the captain's cabin?

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," why is the narrator pleased to find wax myrtle?

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important discovery does Fritz make in crates onboard the shipwreck?

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