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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 17, "Bounty and Peril," the family works at "threshing" and "winnowing" a crop (268). What does this mean that they are doing?
(a) They use a crushing machine to grind the crop into flour.
(b) They separate the usable from the non-usuable parts of the plant.
(c) They harvest the crop and then plow the field under to rest.
(d) They separate older from younger plants so that the younger plants can keep growing.

2. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what reason does the narrator give for allowing Fritz to travel ahead alone in the kayak?
(a) There is not enough room on the pinnace for both Fritz and his boat.
(b) There is really no danger that Fritz is likely to run into.
(c) Fritz has proven that he can make good judgments on his own.
(d) Fritz is showing independence.

3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?
(a) Wintergreen candy.
(b) A canoe.
(c) Birch beer.
(d) Roofing material.

4. In Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what "moist secret" (284) does Jack bring back to Rockburg?
(a) Bullfrogs.
(b) Clay.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Water lilies.

5. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what creature does Fritz kill on his first solo trip in the new watercraft?
(a) A walrus.
(b) A whale.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A porpoise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name that the family gives to their cave house?

2. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when Jack and Fritz scare Ernest by making the animals carrying him go too fast, what is the response of their parents?

3. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what important date does the family celebrate?

4. What important substances does the narrator tell his sons can be obtained from fir trees?

5. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," what creature endangers the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what are the improvements that the family makes to the cave before they move in?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," what does the narrator feel as the boys ride away on their first solo expedition?

7. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," why does the narrator not take the pinnace to explore beyond Cape Disappointment?

8. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," how does Ernest kill the muskrats, and what does he intend to do with them?

9. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what reactions does the family have to the dead whale?

10. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how does Franz end up with a large animal to take care of and train?

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