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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 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what does the narrator name the new donkey colt?
2. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what new construction particularly pleases Elizabeth?
3. In Chapter 11, "Our Estates," what does the family decide to call their two newest outposts?
4. In Chapter 17, "Bounty and Peril," what reason does the narrator give for allowing Fritz to travel ahead alone in the kayak?
5. Chapter 12, "Anniversary," what talent does Franz unexpectedly display?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how do Jack and Fritz wake the family, and how do their parents respond?
2. In Chapter 12, "Anniversary," how does the narrator begin the athletic competition, and what is this incident intended to demonstrate about his character?
3. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what reactions does the family have to the dead whale?
4. In Chapter 15, "We Explore Inland," where does the family explore for the first time and what new animal do they capture to ride, there?
5. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family make a staircase to their treehouse?
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 11, "Our Estates," what are the improvements that the family makes to the cave before they move in?
8. In Chapter 16, "A Winged Steed," how do the narrator and his sons succeed in catching an ostrich?
9. In Chapter 10, "Changing Seasons," how does the family bring water to Falconhurst?
10. In Chapter 13, "Unpleasant Tasks," what happens to Jack in the swamp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay in which you explain how this novel reflects European knowledge about and attitudes toward non-European lands in the early nineteenth century. Be sure to use specific textual evidence to support your claims and to cite in MLA format any outside resources you use in your essay.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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