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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," which family member thinks of a way to tame their "winged steed" through kindness?
(a) Franz.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) The narrator.

2. What fortunate discovery does Jack make while they are hollowing out a cave from the rock?
(a) A new water supply.
(b) A large cavern.
(c) Bat guano that can be used for fertilizer.
(d) Metal that can be used for tool making.

3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what watercraft does the family cover with seal skins?
(a) The pinnace.
(b) The barrel boat.
(c) The canoe.
(d) The kayak.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does Elizabeth ask the narrator to construct?
(a) A sturdier fireplace.
(b) A butter churn.
(c) A stronger roof.
(d) A flight of stairs,

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

6. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?
(a) Fluorite.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Magnetite.
(d) Rock salt.

7. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creature frightens the boys enough that they send for help from their father?
(a) Rhinos.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Water buffaloes.
(d) Hippos.

8. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what "moist secret" (284) does Jack bring back to Rockburg?
(a) Water lilies.
(b) Clay.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Bullfrogs.

9. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," why does the narrator tell Jack that he must come along on their expedition to explore the island for snakes?
(a) He says that Jack must face what he fears.
(b) He says that Jack must stop being lazy.
(c) He needs Jack to set a good example for Ernest.
(d) He needs Jack to show him where the swamp is.

10. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new tool does the narrator surprise Elizabeth with?
(a) A broom.
(b) A loom.
(c) A spindle.
(d) A churn.

11. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what work is being done at home while the boys go off to the Gap?
(a) They are smoking boar meat.
(b) They are harvesting bamboo.
(c) They are building a sugar mill.
(d) They are repairing damage to the pinnace.

12. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," the family works at "threshing" and "winnowing" a crop (268). What does this mean that they are doing?
(a) They separate older from younger plants so that the younger plants can keep growing.
(b) They harvest the crop and then plow the field under to rest.
(c) They use a crushing machine to grind the crop into flour.
(d) They separate the usable from the non-usuable parts of the plant.

13. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) A wild jackal.
(c) Juno.
(d) Franz.

14. Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does the family find that will allow Elizabeth to make cloth?
(a) Cotton.
(b) A spinning wheel.
(c) Flax.
(d) A loom.

15. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what clever idea do the boys come up with to make the antelope easier to hunt?
(a) They drive them into the ocean, where they are slowed down trying to swim.
(b) They drive them through the Gap onto the family's side of the island.
(c) They drive the herd off of a cliff.
(d) They drive the herd into a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what crop does the family harvest "Italian style" (266)?

2. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what food do the boys persuade Elizabeth to cook and then find disgusting?

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," who suggests making a cave for a winter home?

4. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

5. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what surprise does the narrator have for Franz?

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