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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two kinds of birds does the family first spot living along the shore?
(a) Geese and cranes.
(b) Geese and penguins.
(c) Flamingos and penguins.
(d) Flamingos and cranes.

2. What is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?
(a) He is too emotional.
(b) He has a quick temper.
(c) He is immature and impulsive.
(d) He spends too much time thinking.

3. Who suggests a way to measure the distance across the stream?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Franz.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Fritz.

4. What does Jack find in the captain's cabin?
(a) Two large dogs.
(b) A map that shows their position.
(c) Several swords and a knife.
(d) A supply of wine.

5. When the narrator sees the tall, arching roots of the trees where they are going to build their home, what kind of tree does he say they are?
(a) Mangroves.
(b) Catalpas.
(c) Kauris.
(d) Baobabs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 9 is "A Growing Menagerie." What is a menagerie?

2. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what does the narrator explains prevents them from fully exploring the island?

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

4. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," which bird does Fritz capture to keep as a pet?

5. What does the narrator like about their original camping site?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what do Elizabeth and the narrator disagree about, and what is the outcome of their disagreement?

2. When the narrator finds the karatas plant, what does he ask Ernest, and what does his motivation for the question seem to be?

3. What problem occurs when the family tries to launch their barrel boat, and how do they solve it?

4. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what process do the narrator and his sons follow as they assemble and launch the new boat?

5. When the children are told of the decision to move to the grove of trees, what is their response and what is it an allusion to?

6. When the narrator and Fritz go exploring for the first time and are walking through the grass, what animal surprises them, and how do they react?

7. How does the family end up on a deserted island?

8. What is convenient about the discovery of the dead shark's body?

9. Before they leave the ship, what does the narrator convince Elizabeth to do, and why does she object at first?

10. When Fritz shoots the margay, how does Ernest react, and what does the narrator tell him?

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