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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) The shelter.
(b) The terraces.
(c) A simple grave with a cross of stones.
(d) The relationships he forms while there.

2. Why does Susan say she would consider getting pregnant by Cruso?
(a) He is a handsome and strong man.
(b) To avoid being left alone on the island with Friday.
(c) She craves the closeness of a man.
(d) It may be her only chance to have a child.

3. Why was Susan traveling to Bahia?
(a) To join her husband.
(b) To look for her daughter.
(c) To teach.
(d) To become a missionary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Susan believe that being on the island is?
(a) Of the three castaways, this is most difficult for Cruso.
(b) A punishment.
(c) A chance at redemption.
(d) A trial from God to test her faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan watch Friday do when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?

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

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

4. Where does Susan see Friday working when she awakens her first morning on the island?

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

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