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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long is Cruso ill, in Part One?
(a) 30 cycles of the sun.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 1 week.

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

5. Who cares for the person (or persons) who falls after Susan has been on the island for one year?
(a) Susan.
(b) No one, the person is left alone.
(c) Friday.
(d) Cruso.

6. What does Cruso grow near his shelter?
(a) Sweet peppers.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Mangos.

7. What does Susan tell the ship's mates?
(a) That Friday is her servant.
(b) That her father will reward them handsomely.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she and Cruso are married.

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

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

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

11. Where do Cruso and Friday sleep, when Susan first meets them?
(a) On the earth.
(b) Cruso on a bottom bunk, Friday on the top.
(c) Cruso on a bed and Friday on a mat.
(d) In hammocks made of vines.

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

13. Why doesn't Friday speak to Susan?
(a) Cruso has told him not to.
(b) He is shy.
(c) He has no tongue.
(d) Out of his respect for women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the captain react to Susan's story?

3. Where was Susan traveling when her boat ran into trouble?

4. What does Susan do on her third day on the island after she disobeys Cruso?

5. Who invites Susan to his cabin?

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