View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan discover from watching Friday dance?
(a) He's been branded.
(b) He understands rhythm.
(c) He uses dance to release energy.
(d) He's been castrated.

2. Who is George Lewes?
(a) The man young Susan says is her father.
(b) Mr. Foe's brother.
(c) The young constable.
(d) An attorney.

3. Why does the woman in the beginning of the story say she slips over the side of the boat and swims to shore?
(a) To get to a person on shore.
(b) The boat is leaking.
(c) She cannot row any further.
(d) To escape the other occupant of the boat.

4. How does Susan attempt to get passage to Africa for Friday?
(a) By telling the captain he is loyal and strong.
(b) With the money from Mr. Foe.
(c) By getting him a job as a deckhand.
(d) She asks her dance partner.

5. What does Friday do while Susan goes out on her own on the first day they are at Mr. Foe's new residence in Part Three?
(a) Plants corn.
(b) Dances in the street.
(c) Writes on the manuscript.
(d) Breaks his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story is referred to in Part Three?

2. How does Susan feel after her dance?

3. How does Susan describe the skin of the couple in Part Four?

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

5. Who cares for the person (or persons) who falls after Susan has been on the island for one year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample