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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. At the beginning of Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," what do the narrator and Elizabeth decide their next priority should be?
(a) Salvaging materials from the ship.
(b) Searching for fresh water.
(c) Searching for shipwreck survivors.
(d) Making a more permanent shelter.

2. On their second trip out to the shipwreck, what do they discover washed up on an island?
(a) The trunks and barrels from the captain's room.
(b) The shark that Fritz shot.
(c) One of their missing sheep.
(d) A dead sailor.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, "Bread," why is the narrator irritated with Jack and Ernest?
(a) They have been quarreling with one another.
(b) They will not stop bothering him about being allowed to go to the wreck.
(c) They have eaten the potatoes the family needs for dinner.
(d) They have left camp without permission.

4. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what do the narrator and Fritz do first when they get to the wreck?
(a) Load up the mattresses and furniture.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Build large raft.
(d) Make mast and sail for their boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wild bird is the family's first addition to their flock?

2. Who thinks to bring the bag of seeds ashore?

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

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

5. What do the narrator and Fritz discover that they can make utensils out of?

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