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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the gentlemen plan to escape in Chapter 15?

2. What does Richard Call Samuel while the two are in the orphanage?

3. What ultimately scares off the attacking natives in Chapter 10?

4. On what island does Samuel convalesce?

5. What do the other settlers seek from Richard and Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Captain Smith and Samuel see while anchored near the island of Guadeloupe?

2. Where have all the gentlemen gone at the end of Chapter 14?

3. How does Richard describe the natives to Samuel?

4. What is the first island at which the Susan Constant anchors, and what does the crew get there?

5. What does Samuel do to Richard at the orphanage and what provokes him?

6. What illicit act is Samuel performing in the first chapter?

7. What does Captain Smith instruct Samuel to do while on the island in Chapter 6?

8. Why was Samuel living in an orphanage?

9. On what grounds do the gentlemen arrest Captain Smith in Chapter 15?

10. Why do people come to Richard and Samuel's cabin in the morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how Samuel's self-confidence shifts throughout the novel. Is Samuel self-aware as an individual? If he is insecure, what are the sources of his insecurities? If he is confident, what makes him confident?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining Samuel's attitude toward other people and relationships. Include how and why his attitude changes throughout the narrative. Use specific evidence from the text to demonstrate this change.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Samuel's relationship with Captain Smith. What important lessons and skills does he learn from Captain Smith? What impact does Captain Smith have on Samuel's life?

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