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

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

3. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what does the narrator explains prevents them from fully exploring the island?
(a) The family has too much work to do to spend time exploring so far away.
(b) There are cliffs and rocky hills surrounding their part of the island.
(c) There are many dangerous animals on the other part of the island.
(d) There is no source of fresh water on the farther side of the island.

4. Just as the narrator and Fritz are about to leave camp to explore for the first time, what does he suddenly remember that they have forgotten?
(a) Their guns.
(b) To say goodbye to Elizabeth.
(c) One of the dogs.
(d) To pray.

5. What does the narrator decide they need to build before they can build the treehouse?
(a) Storage for their gunpowder.
(b) A shelter for the animals.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A better boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," what important substance does Fritz discover a supply of?

2. What does Jack offer to make for the dogs?

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

4. What is the narrator's response when Ernest says that he wishes they could have some butter?

5. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature does Jack mistake for a crocodile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What jobs does Elizabeth take on from the time of the shipwreck onward?

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

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

6. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what has Elizabeth been doing while most of the family works on the pinnace, and what does she want the family to do next?

7. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what is convenient about Jack's discovery of clay?

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

9. When the narrator finally agrees to build a treehouse, what does he say he will do with their original camping site?

10. 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?

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