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

2. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1758.

3. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?
(a) A Spanish ship.
(b) A deserted sailor.
(c) A drunken Englishman.
(d) A French ship.

4. How does the narrator describe Toby?
(a) As short and stout.
(b) As hearty and robust.
(c) As quick and bird-like.
(d) As small and limber.

5. What do the French put ashore at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Natives returning home.
(b) A hundred soldiers.
(c) Mutinous sailors.
(d) Captives from American ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

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

3. How big is the island of Nukuheva?

4. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

5. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?

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