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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 13 ("Unpleasant Tasks") through Chapter 15 ("We Explore Inland").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first name that the family gives to their cave house?
(a) Rock House.
(b) Cave House.
(c) The Cavern.
(d) Grottoburg.

2. Why does the ship have so many useful supplies on board?
(a) Its mission was to resupply a colony.
(b) All ships of the time carried these things.
(c) The voyage was expected to be very long.
(d) No reason is actually given.

3. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what talent does Franz unexpectedly display?
(a) His ability to swim.
(b) His ability to climb trees.
(c) His ability to cook.
(d) His ability to train animals.

4. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?
(a) Locating a source of fresh water.
(b) Taking inventory of their survival supplies.
(c) Making a more secure home.
(d) Searching for other survivors.

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. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what new creature does Franz discover and kill?

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?

5. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what agreement does the narrator make with his wife?

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