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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cruso say will act as a statement of his time on the island?
(a) A simple grave with a cross of stones.
(b) The terraces.
(c) The shelter.
(d) The relationships he forms while there.

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

3. Who invites Susan to his cabin?
(a) The first mate.
(b) Friday.
(c) Jim Preston.
(d) The captain.

4. What is the name of the ship that rescues Susan and the others?
(a) The Hobart.
(b) The Sumner P.
(c) The Clayton.
(d) The Redemption.

5. Who sinks into a depression after Susan's arrival on the island?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Susan.
(c) Friday.
(d) Cruso.

6. How does Susan disobey Cruso on her third day on the island?
(a) By looking through his things.
(b) By wandering in the woods alone.
(c) By making lunch.
(d) By leaving the hut.

7. Why does Susan crawl into bed with Cruso when he is ill?
(a) To calm his bad dreams.
(b) To feel close to another human being.
(c) To warm his body.
(d) To escape the night chill of the island.

8. Where does Susan see Friday working when she awakens her first morning on the island?
(a) In the water by the shore.
(b) Up high in a tree.
(c) At a stone stove.
(d) In a crop field.

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

10. What does Susan do on her third day on the island after she disobeys Cruso?
(a) Writes memories on bark.
(b) Goes to the beach.
(c) Mends his sock.
(d) Vomits.

11. What does Susan watch Friday do when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?
(a) Stay very still until birds land on his shoulders.
(b) Reach into the water and pull out a fish.
(c) Scatter flower petals on the water.
(d) Feed some birds.

12. What happens when a ship arrives on the island?
(a) Friday is shot.
(b) Cruso is put in handcuffs.
(c) The captain recognizes Susan.
(d) Friday runs away.

13. What is the meal that Susan enjoys after the ship first arrives on the island?
(a) An apple, cheese and wine.
(b) Cheese and fruit.
(c) Pork, biscuits and wine.
(d) Biscuits, cheese and ale.

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

15. Who was in the rowboat with Susan?
(a) The captain.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her lover.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cruso grow near his shelter?

3. What does the woman ask for when she first swims ashore?

4. How does Susan describe the food on the island?

5. Who falls ill in Part One, after Susan has been on the island for one year?

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