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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan compare Friday to when she decides not to send him on the ship?
(a) A clinging vine.
(b) Herself, as a child.
(c) An unloved child.
(d) A stray dog.

2. What clue is given that Susan knew Mr. Foe before coming hiring him to write her story?
(a) She describes the house before arriving.
(b) The music box.
(c) The atlas in the study.
(d) She describes Mr. Foe's fondness for rose gardens prior to meeting him.

3. What does Mr. Foe say it is a shame that Cruso didn't save from the wreck?
(a) His wife.
(b) Seeds of some sort.
(c) Ink and paper.
(d) Muskets, powder or tools.

4. What does Susan suggest to Mr. Foe would be a good job for Friday?
(a) Man servant.
(b) Carriage driver.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Groomsman.

5. What does Susan think is one of the questions that readers will wonder about her story?
(a) How Cruso really died.
(b) Why she and Cruso didn't become a couple.
(c) Why they didn't attempt escape.
(d) If she is telling the truth.

6. What is the first indication Susan receives, in April, that there is a problem with Mr. Foe?
(a) A messenger arrives at Susan's looking for him.
(b) The bank refuses to cash his check.
(c) He doesn't answer her letter.
(d) He writes a letter that alludes to difficulty.

7. What is true of George Lewes, according to the person who visits Susan in Part Two?
(a) He is a gifted musician.
(b) He was a gambler.
(c) He has a wooden leg.
(d) He left a large, unclaimed inheritance.

8. What does Susan catch some boys trying to do, in April of Part Two?
(a) Steal the money she received from Mr. Foe.
(b) Looking for a peek at the cannibal.
(c) Put something into her mail slot.
(d) Fighting over a girl.

9. How are the events of Part Two communicated?
(a) Dialogue between Susan and Mr. Foe.
(b) Third party narration.
(c) In a journal Susan dicates to Mr. Foe.
(d) In a series of letters.

10. What does Susan teach Friday how to do, to keep him active?
(a) Cook bread.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Read.
(d) Make soup.

11. Where does Friday live in Part Two?
(a) In a large broom closet.
(b) In a cellar.
(c) In a room next to Susan's.
(d) In Susan's room.

12. What does Susan do with the money she receives from Mr. Foe in the beginning of Part Two?
(a) Takes it to her grandfather.
(b) Puts it in a chest, but refuses to use it.
(c) Buys food and shoes.
(d) Buys clothes for Friday and pays rent.

13. What does Susan say might be a way to communicate with Friday?
(a) Nature walks.
(b) Music.
(c) By gardening with him.
(d) Teaching him to read and write.

14. How does Friday respond to live in the city, at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) He is not happy.
(b) He is fascinated by it.
(c) He shows no change at all.
(d) He is agitated and scared.

15. Who does Susan believe sent the person who watches the house where Susan and Friday live?
(a) Mr. Foe.
(b) God.
(c) George Lewes.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Susan and Friday start to do together in Part Two?

2. What does Susan compare to moving the stones on the island?

3. Who does Susan say is father-born?

4. Who does Susan notice watching the house where she lives with Friday, after they have moved to the second location?

5. What does Susan say Cruso would have done if he had been a true adventurer?

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