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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," what idea does Fritz have to pass time during the rainy season?
(a) He wants to learn to speak Malay.
(b) He wants to make a kayak.
(c) He wants to learn to carve.
(d) He wants to make more comfortable beds and chairs.

2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new tool does the narrator surprise Elizabeth with?
(a) A churn.
(b) A spindle.
(c) A loom.
(d) A broom.

3. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," what animal makes a noise in the woods that terrifies the family?
(a) A lion.
(b) A wolf.
(c) The donkey.
(d) The buffalo.

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?
(a) Rockburg and Cape Disappointment.
(b) Cape Disappointment and Woodlands.
(c) Prospect Hill and Rockburg.
(d) Woodlands and Prospect Hill.

5. In Chapter 14, "A Casualty," when the family is making baskets, what idea does Fritz have?
(a) To make the family hats from the same materials.
(b) To weave a shallow basket for fishing.
(c) To make a chicken coop from a large basket.
(d) To make a basket to carry Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 10, "Changing Seasons," who adopts Fritz's jackal puppy?

4. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the narrator teach the boys to make from birch trees?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," when the boys return from hunting, what does Jack say about hunting with the ostrich, and what is the narrator's reply?

2. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," how do the narrator and his sons make the air in the cave safe?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 18, "Repairs and Fortifications," what construction of Fritz's planning does the family finally find time to work on, and what are the details of its construction?

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

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

7. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what improvements are made to the cave house during the winter?

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

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

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

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