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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. Who carries the person who steps on a thorn in Part One?
(a) Cruso.
(b) The unnamed boy.
(c) An animal.
(d) Friday.

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

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

8. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?
(a) A woman wearing a bonnet.
(b) A boy with a shaved head.
(c) A white man.
(d) A black man.

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

10. 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 cries tears of joy and relief.
(c) He sits without emotion.
(d) He is scared and tries to run away.

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

12. What does Cruso tell Susan about punishing Friday?
(a) Only a man can punish another man.
(b) There is never a need for punishment.
(c) Occasional punishment keeps him in line.
(d) Ignoring Friday is the worst punishment.

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

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

15. Why does Susan say that Cruso wants to remain on the island?
(a) He has formed an attachment to natural living.
(b) He loves Friday and will not leave him.
(c) It is where his love is buried.
(d) Stubborness of old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susan describe the rhythm of the wind and rain on the island in Part One?

2. What does Susan do when she wakes to find Cruso's hand exploring her body after she has crawled into bed with him?

3. What does Cruso tell Susan when he gives her a knife in Part One?

4. Why was Susan traveling to Bahia?

5. What does Susan bring back to camp after disobeying Cruso on her third day on the island?

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