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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Cruso and Friday work on everyday, when Susan first arrives on the island?
(a) The terraces.
(b) Improvements to the shelter.
(c) Making tools.
(d) The crop field.

2. What best describes Cruso's appearance?
(a) Kind, blue eyes and a balding pate.
(b) Olive skin, dark eyes and dark curls.
(c) A graying man with muscles and all his teeth.
(d) European, with green eyes and straw-colored hair

3. What best describes the diet of Cruso and Friday in Part One?
(a) Wild boar meat and root vegetables.
(b) Sweet, ripe fruit and fish.
(c) Strange nuts, fruit and peppers.
(d) Bitter lettuce, fish and bird eggs.

4. How does Susan end up on the island?
(a) Her ship is attacked by pirates and she escapes.
(b) There is mutiny on her ship and she is cast away.
(c) She is kidnapped by a crew member from whom she escapes.
(d) There is an outbreak of illness on her ship and she escapes.

5. How does Susan describe the food on the island?
(a) Bland, plant based, and grisly.
(b) Scarce and very monotonous.
(c) Strange and exotic.
(d) Readily available and luscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cruso tell Susan about the laws of the island?

2. What best describes Cruso's shelter when Susan first sees it?

3. What happens when a ship arrives on the island?

4. Why does the woman in the beginning of the story say she slips over the side of the boat and swims to shore?

5. What, according to Cruso, is true of Friday?

(see the answer key)

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