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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 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?
(a) Cape Disappointment and Woodlands.
(b) Prospect Hill and Rockburg.
(c) Woodlands and Prospect Hill.
(d) Rockburg and Cape Disappointment.

2. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what does the family discover on Shark Island after they have left the antelope there for several months?
(a) The antelope have eaten all of their fruit trees.
(b) The antelope have had a number of babies.
(c) There is a spring where the antelope can get fresh water.
(d) There is an enormous snake on the island preying on the antelope.

3. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what new weapon does the narrator make for his sons?
(a) A catapult.
(b) A crossbow.
(c) A boomerang.
(d) A bola.

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when the family is making baskets, what idea does Fritz have?
(a) To make a chicken coop from a large basket.
(b) To weave a shallow basket for fishing.
(c) To make the family hats from the same materials.
(d) To make a basket to carry Elizabeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gourmet food does the family obtain in Chapter 11, "Our Estates"?

2. Who discovers oysters and salt?

3. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creatures does Fritz poison in large numbers?

4. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?

5. What do the narrator and his wife decide the family's first priority should be?

(see the answer key)

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