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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 11, "Our Estates," what odd-looking creature do the narrator and Fritz discover?
(a) An armadillo.
(b) A shoebill.
(c) A platypus.
(d) A bushbaby.

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what is the "unpleasant task" that the chapter title refers to?
(a) The long hike to rebuild the earth wall at the Gap.
(b) Teaching Franz's bull calf to accept a rider.
(c) Rebuilding Falconhurst.
(d) Killing the monkeys at the Woodlands.

3. What wild bird is the family's first addition to their flock?
(a) A flamingo.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A crane.
(d) A stork.

4. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what plan does Elizabeth object to?
(a) Killing another shark.
(b) Allowing their youngest child to ride a buffalo.
(c) Letting Juno's puppies wander away into the woods to fend for themselves.
(d) Training the bull as a guard for their herd.

5. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?
(a) Elizabeth's thirty-fifth birthday.
(b) The one-year anniversary of their stranding on the island.
(c) The ten-year anniversary of the family's conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism.
(d) The sixteen-year anniversary of the narrator and Elizabeth's marraige.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature does Jack mistake for a crocodile?

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

3. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature causes a coconut to nearly hit Ernest?

4. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?

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

(see the answer key)

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