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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what happens to Jack when he is gathering canes?
(a) He gets lost and the family has to search for him.
(b) He finds their old donkey and its new mate.
(c) He falls in the swamp and gets stuck in the mud.
(d) He and Fangs have to face down a pack of wild jackals.

2. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what food do the boys persuade Elizabeth to cook and then find disgusting?
(a) Whale tongue.
(b) Elephant ear.
(c) Shark fin soup.
(d) Rhinoceros horn.

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

4. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the family do with the corpse of the creature that killed one of their animals and put the family in danger?
(a) They haul it to a pit and bury it.
(b) The butcher and eat it.
(c) They stuff it and display it in their home.
(d) They bury it at sea.

5. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what use does the narrator say the family can find for fuller's earth?
(a) It makes excellent fertilizer.
(b) It can be used for soap.
(c) It can be used in making clay items.
(d) It will repel insects.

6. What gourmet food does the family obtain in Chapter 11, "Our Estates"?
(a) Truffles.
(b) Caviar.
(c) Escargot.
(d) Foie gras.

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

8. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what does Ernest train Knips to do?
(a) Fish.
(b) Gather oysters.
(c) Plant seeds.
(d) Gather fruit.

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

10. 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 separate the usable from the non-usuable parts of the plant.
(d) They use a crushing machine to grind the crop into flour.

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

12. 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.

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

14. What is the first name that the family gives to their cave house?
(a) Cave House.
(b) Grottoburg.
(c) The Cavern.
(d) Rock House.

15. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what creature does the family discover has nearly destroyed their farm?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?

2. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what animal makes a noise in the woods that terrifies the family?

3. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what does the narrator do when he finds it difficult to train the animals to pull with a yoke?

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

5. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what new outpost does the family build?

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