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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan believe that being on the island is?
(a) A trial from God to test her faith.
(b) Of the three castaways, this is most difficult for Cruso.
(c) A chance at redemption.
(d) A punishment.

2. Who steps on a thorn in the first section of the story?
(a) Friday.
(b) Susan.
(c) Abigail.
(d) The unnamed boy.

3. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?
(a) A black man.
(b) A white man.
(c) A woman wearing a bonnet.
(d) A boy with a shaved head.

4. How does Susan say that Cruso came to be stranded, in Part One?
(a) She doesn't know.
(b) HIs family drowned at sea and he survived.
(c) He was a captain whose crew mutinied and left him stranded..
(d) He and Friday are the only survivors of a slave ship.

5. Why do Friday's feet bleed in Part One?
(a) Some strange virus.
(b) Cuts from thorns.
(c) Cuts from the coral reef.
(d) Bites from fleas and insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Cruso give to his shelter?

2. What do Cruso and Friday work on everyday, when Susan first arrives on the island?

3. What does Cruso grow near his shelter?

4. How does the captain react to Susan's story?

5. Why does Susan crawl into bed with Cruso when he is ill?

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