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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?
(a) The marketplace.
(b) The French military station.
(c) The harbor.
(d) The beach.

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

3. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.
(a) A large lake.
(b) Mountainous.
(c) A swamp.
(d) An arid plain.

4. What do the narrator and Toby use to surpass the obstacle?
(a) Guns.
(b) Stealth.
(c) Knives.
(d) Ropes.

5. Toward what land does the ship steer?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Borneo.
(c) The Marquesas Islands.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Toby plan to subsist on on the island?

2. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?

3. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?

4. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

5. What are the narrator and Toby stopped by when they desert?

(see the answer key)

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