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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what creature does Jack mistake for a crocodile?
2. Who is the original author of The Swiss Family Robinson?
3. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
4. What is the narrator's first response to Juno and Turk?
5. On their second trip out to the shipwreck, what do they discover washed up on an island?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What problem occurs when the family tries to launch their barrel boat, and how do they solve it?
3. What jobs does Elizabeth take on from the time of the shipwreck onward?
4. When Ernest finds oysters and salt, what is the narrator's response?
5. On the second morning, why are the dogs afraid of Fritz, and how does he win them over?
6. How does the family observe their first Sabbath together?
7. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what happens as a result of Ernest's discovery of manioc root?
8. In Chapter 8, "The Pinnace," what process do the narrator and his sons follow as they assemble and launch the new boat?
9. In Chapter 4, "Back to the Wreck," how does Elizabeth react when Jack and Ernest fail to shoot the birds when they are traveling through the tall grass?
10. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what is convenient about Jack's discovery of clay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This book was originally composed as a series of stories and then later compiled into a novel. Write an essay in which you analyze the impact this origin has had on the book's overall structure and effect on the reader.
Essay Topic 2
Consider the characterizations of the family members that are offered in the book; which family members do you get to know the best and the least? Write an essay that offers a theory about why this is. Be sure to offer textual support for your claims. If you use historical or biographical evidence in your essay, cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you evaluate the consistency of the narrator's attitudes toward his various children. Use specific textual evidence to argue that he either does or does not treat his sons equally and have consistent expectations for them.
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