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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. What do the narrators hope to find if they follow the river at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) Their shipmates.
(b) A valley with fruit.
(c) Friendly natives.
(d) Weapons for hunting.

2. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) After the second watch.
(c) During shore leave.
(d) During the fight with the French.

3. What happens to the narrator's leg?
(a) It swells up.
(b) It is struck by a native's hunting dart.
(c) He cuts it badly.
(d) It is caught in some rocks.

4. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?
(a) He falls in love with a native girl.
(b) He was left ashore mistakenly.
(c) He considers the captain a tyrant.
(d) He wants to be alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?

2. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

3. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

4. How much experience of white men have the natives had?

5. How comfortable is the hut the sailors build?

(see the answer key)

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