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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. In Chapter 7, "Bread," when Jack and Ernest follow the narrator and Fritz to the bay, what message does the narrator give them for his wife?
(a) They are to tell Elizabeth that he has sent them and the dogs to guard her and Franz.
(b) They are to tell Elizabeth that he will look for a butter churn on the wreck.
(c) They are to tell Elizabeth that he and Fritz will be on the wreck overnight.
(d) They are to tell Elizabeth that he would like her to plant some more potatoes.

2. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what new outpost does the narrator propose?
(a) A watchtower.
(b) A fishing platform.
(c) A farm.
(d) An orchard.

3. What does "Robinson" refer to in the title of the book?
(a) The name of the ship the family originally travels on.
(b) The family's last name.
(c) The name of the island.
(d) Robinson Crusoe.

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

5. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what unusual food does the narrator convince Fritz to try?
(a) Tarantula.
(b) Roasted larvae.
(c) Ant eggs.
(d) Seaweed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests a way to measure the distance across the stream?

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

3. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?

4. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new tool does the narrator surprise Elizabeth with?

5. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what important substance does Fritz discover a supply of?

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