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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What name does Cruso give to his shelter?
(a) Camp Charlotte.
(b) Camp Cruso.
(c) The castle.
(d) The fort.

3. What does Susan do when she wakes to find Cruso's hand exploring her body after she has crawled into bed with him?
(a) Jumps out of the bed.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Encourages him.

4. 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) He was a captain whose crew mutinied and left him stranded..
(c) HIs family drowned at sea and he survived.
(d) She doesn't know.

5. Where was Susan traveling when her boat ran into trouble?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) London.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Paris.

6. Where does Susan sleep on her first night on the island?
(a) On a hammock.
(b) In Cruso's bed.
(c) On a bed of grass.
(d) On a woven mat.

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

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

9. How does Cruso respond to leaving on the ship?
(a) He cries with Friday.
(b) He sleeps for three days.
(c) His spirits improve with regular meals.
(d) He loses hope and dies.

10. What tool does Cruso first give to Susan?
(a) A writing utensil.
(b) A fish bone needle.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A clay cooking bowl.

11. What does Susan learn about Friday when he ignores her request to bring more wood in Part One?
(a) He lost his voice in a fire.
(b) He thinks women are inferior.
(c) He is fiercely loyal to Cruso.
(d) He only knows a few English words.

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

13. Why does Cruso say he never tried to build a boat?
(a) The current would not allow them to leave.
(b) Supplies are not available.
(c) He doesn't know where he would escape to.
(d) He has no desire to leave.

14. Who falls ill in Part One, after Susan has been on the island for one year?
(a) Friday.
(b) Friday and Cruso.
(c) Cruso.
(d) Susan.

15. How does Susan react to Cruso's explanations of the laws of the island?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She laughs at his laws.
(c) With growing respect.
(d) With dissatisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the diet of Cruso and Friday in Part One?

2. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?

3. How does Susan respond to Friday's actions when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?

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 does Cruso say will act as a statement of his time on the island?

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