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

2. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the narrator use tobacco grinders for?
(a) To grind tobacco.
(b) To prepare coconut.
(c) To shred manioc.
(d) To grind corn.

3. How does the family end up alone on the ship?
(a) Elizabeth insists on going back below for the family Bible.
(b) The family has trouble locating Franz.
(c) The family is asleep when the order is given to take to the lifeboats.
(d) The sailors get into the lifeboats and abandon them.

4. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what do the narrator and Fritz do first when they get to the wreck?
(a) Make mast and sail for their boat.
(b) Load up the mattresses and furniture.
(c) Build large raft.
(d) Go fishing.

5. What do they make dog armor from?
(a) Turtle shells.
(b) Shark skin.
(c) Coconut shells.
(d) Porcupine quills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures does Jack mistake for "little people" (103)?

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

3. What is the narrator's usual criticism of Jack?

4. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what new bird does the family add to their flock?

5. How do the narrator and Fritz get the sheep and goats to shore?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Fritz and the narrator feel lonely for other people, what does the narrator tell Fritz?

3. When the narrator wakes Ernest early, what is his reasoning, and how does Ernest respond?

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

5. In Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," how does Elizabeth react when Jack and Ernest fail to shoot the birds when they are traveling through the tall grass?

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

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

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

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

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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