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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 dissatisfaction.
(d) With growing respect.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Susan say that Cruso wants to remain on the island?

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

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

4. What do Cruso and Friday work on everyday, when Susan first arrives on the island?

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

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