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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, and 10, 83-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe the ravine the sailors follow.
(a) Sparsely covered with vegetation.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Broad.

2. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

3. What does the narrator use when he descends the waterfall?
(a) Hanging vines.
(b) Tree bark for sandals.
(c) Toby's help.
(d) A walking stick.

4. What breaks Toby's fall when he jumps at the bottom of the descent of the second waterfall?
(a) The water.
(b) Low bushes.
(c) Native hunters.
(d) A palm tree.

5. On what kind of ship is the narrator sailing?
(a) A merchant ship.
(b) A pleasure yacht.
(c) A warship.
(d) A whaling ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward what land does the ship steer?

2. Where does the narrator plan to go when he deserts his ship?

3. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?

4. What do the French put ashore at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. How does Toby descend at the waterfall?

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