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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes the diet of Cruso and Friday in Part One?
(a) Sweet, ripe fruit and fish.
(b) Strange nuts, fruit and peppers.
(c) Wild boar meat and root vegetables.
(d) Bitter lettuce, fish and bird eggs.

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

3. Who sinks into a depression after Susan's arrival on the island?
(a) Cruso.
(b) Friday.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Susan.

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

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

6. What best describes Friday's boat?
(a) It is a roughly made sail boat.
(b) It is remants of a much larger craft.
(c) It is a small raft tied together with vines.
(d) It is a log.

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

8. What does Susan say was her father's name?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Robert.
(c) Berton.
(d) Sumner.

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

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

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

12. 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) Nothing.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Jumps out of the bed.

13. How does Susan end up on the island?
(a) Her ship is attacked by pirates and she escapes.
(b) There is mutiny on her ship and she is cast away.
(c) She is kidnapped by a crew member from whom she escapes.
(d) There is an outbreak of illness on her ship and she escapes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Susan sleep on her first night on the island?

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

3. Who invites Susan to his cabin?

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

5. Who steps on a thorn in the first section of the story?

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