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

3. 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) Baobabs.
(b) Kauris.
(c) Mangroves.
(d) Catalpas.

4. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what important food crop does Ernest discover?
(a) Manioc.
(b) Corn.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Figs.

5. What does the family hear the sailors shouting just before the ship hits the rocks?
(a) Sharks!
(b) Abandon ship!
(c) Ahoy!
(d) Land!

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the family end up alone on the ship?

3. What does the family name "Falconhurst"?

4. Why is Elizabeth so frightened when the narrator has the boys fire the pinnace's cannon?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. What creature does Fritz shoot in the bay, and how does Elizabeth react to this?

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