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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. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what creature frightens the boys enough that they send for help from their father?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Water buffaloes.
(c) Rhinos.
(d) Hippos.

2. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what use does the narrator say the family can find for fuller's earth?
(a) It will repel insects.
(b) It makes excellent fertilizer.
(c) It can be used for soap.
(d) It can be used in making clay items.

3. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how does the family try to secure the Gap before they leave the area?
(a) They build an earthen mound and plant thorn bushes.
(b) They create a watchtower, complete with a cannon.
(c) The use explosives to fill it in with rock.
(d) They build a bamboo fence.

4. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," what new creature does Ernest discover and kill a great number of?
(a) Muskrats.
(b) Beavers.
(c) Minks.
(d) Weasels.

5. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?
(a) The sixteen-year anniversary of the narrator and Elizabeth's marraige.
(b) Elizabeth's thirty-fifth birthday.
(c) The one-year anniversary of their stranding on the island.
(d) The ten-year anniversary of the family's conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what is the "unpleasant task" that the chapter title refers to?

2. Inside their cave, what do the crystals turn out to be?

3. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what creature does the family discover has nearly destroyed their farm?

4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what has damaged the crops, bridge, and aqueduct?

5. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what do the boys find has happened at Prospect Hill, and what is their response?

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what happens to Jack in the swamp?

3. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what new boat do they make and what is Elizabeth's reaction?

4. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what is Elizabeth's first reaction to the ostrich, and what does Jack tell her in reply?

5. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how does the narrator begin the athletic competition, and what is this incident intended to demonstrate about his character?

6. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the narrator explain grafting to his sons?

7. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family make a staircase to their treehouse?

8. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how do Jack and Fritz wake the family, and how do their parents respond?

9. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," how do the narrator and his three older sons deal with the monkeys who have been damaging their outpost at Woodlands?

10. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when the sea turtle is towing the pinnace, what do the boys call the narrator, and how does he respond?

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