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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Chapter 19 ("Independence") through Chapter 21 ("Partings").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the family name the new mount?
(a) Blizzard.
(b) Typhoon.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Cyclone.

2. What does Ernest do that causes the narrator to criticize him for thinking he is "clever" (18)?
(a) Get himself stuck in the mud by the river.
(b) Lecture his brothers about things he actually does not know about.
(c) Sets his soup down to cool in a larger shell.
(d) Bend one of the gun barrels.

3. On their first day on the island, what creature attacks Jack in an inlet of the bay?
(a) A barracuda.
(b) A shark.
(c) A lobster.
(d) A seal.

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what creature does the narrator cause to tow the pinnace to shore?
(a) A sea turtle.
(b) A shark.
(c) A manta ray.
(d) A dolphin.

5. In Chapter 19, "Independence," what discovery does Fritz keep secret from everyone but his father?
(a) The bay is home to many more sharks than they had guessed.
(b) He saw a ship off in the distance and believes it is headed in their direction.
(c) He thinks there may be another person on their island.
(d) Their plantation at the Woodlands has been completely destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what animals threaten the family's dogs while the boys have them at Woodlands?

2. What is the first structure that the family lives in?

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

4. What does the family find living inside the tree that Falconhurst is built on?

5. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what creature becomes the family's "winged steed"?

(see the answer key)

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