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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Susan compare to moving the stones on the island?
(a) Talking to Friday.
(b) Shopping for a hat.
(c) Talking to young Susan.
(d) Writing.

3. How does Cruso react to the arrival of a ship on the island?
(a) He cries tears of joy and relief.
(b) He is scared and tries to run away.
(c) He sits without emotion.
(d) He fights the men who try to get him to board.

4. What, according to Cruso, is true of Friday?
(a) He is a genius.
(b) He was the spiritual leader of his people.
(c) He is a former cannibal.
(d) He is a medicine man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan tells Friday that he alone knows that their lives on the island where what?

2. What does Susan think is one of the questions that readers will wonder about her story?

3. What elements does Susan suggest adding to her story?

4. What does Susan learn about Friday when he ignores her request to bring more wood in Part One?

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

(see the answer key)

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