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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 offer to make for the dogs?
(a) Leashes.
(b) Saddle bags.
(c) Spiked collars.
(d) A small shelter.

2. Whose idea is it to make the boat out of barrels?
(a) Ernest.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Jack.
(d) Frtiz.

3. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?
(a) They will be helpful in hunting.
(b) They will be good security for the family.
(c) They are useless.
(d) They will be able to help the family swim to shore.

4. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," why is the narrator pleased to find wax myrtle?
(a) The berries have important medical properties.
(b) The berries are a delicious spice.
(c) It will allow them to make candles.
(d) They can use them to make wine.

5. Why is Elizabeth so frightened when the narrator has the boys fire the pinnace's cannon?
(a) The narrator and the boys come back much sooner than she aniticipated.
(b) She did not know that the new boat had cannons.
(c) She is easily frightened and hates gunfire.
(d) The boat has been kept a secret from her until this moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the tree house is proposed, what is the narrator's response?

2. Who thinks to bring the bag of seeds ashore?

3. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what do the narrator and Fritz do first when they get to the wreck?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, "Bread," why is the narrator irritated with Jack and Ernest?

5. On their way in to shore, what is it revealed that Jack has thought to bring along?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the reader learn about the mission of the ship, and why is this so fortunate for the family?

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

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

4. When Ernest finds oysters and salt, what is the narrator's response?

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

6. On the second morning, why are the dogs afraid of Fritz, and how does he win them over?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 9, "A Growing Menagerie," how does Ernest eventually end up owning the monkey, Knips?

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