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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. 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?
2. What does the family decide to call the bay where they first came ashore?
3. What suggestion does Fritz make about their barrel boat?
4. What dangerous predator does Fritz shoot near their new home in the grove of trees?
5. Who thinks of eating their soup from oyster shells?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what does the reader learn about the mission of the ship, and why is this so fortunate for the family?
3. When Ernest finds oysters and salt, what is the narrator's response?
4. What creature does Fritz shoot in the bay, and how does Elizabeth react to this?
5. How does the family end up on a deserted island?
6. Before they leave the ship, what does the narrator convince Elizabeth to do, and why does she object at first?
7. In Chapter 7, "Bread," what is convenient about Jack's discovery of clay?
8. Describe the incident at the bridge in Chapter 7, "Bread," when the narrator and Fritz are surprised by Jack and Ernest.
9. What jobs does Elizabeth take on from the time of the shipwreck onward?
10. When Fritz shoots the margay, how does Ernest react, and what does the narrator tell him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate the ending of this book; how satisfying is the ending, and why? Use specific textual evidence as you make a case for or against the ending of the story.
Essay Topic 2
In what way does this novel illustrate the values of the author's culture? Use both textual evidence and outside sources to analyze the novel as a reflection of late-eighteenth-century Swiss values. Cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
The island on which the family is shipwrecked has an astonishing capacity to support life. At one point, the children allude to the Biblical "Promised Land" (57). Write an essay in which you analyze the religious significance of the island as a "Promised Land." What does this phrase mean to Christians, and what additional meaning did it have during a time of colonial expansion? What does it likely signify about the island and the relationship of the family to their God? What does it signify about Europeans and their relationship to God?
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