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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Where was Susan traveling when her boat ran into trouble?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Sydney.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. How does the woman who swims ashore feel when she is with the person who first greets her?
(a) Safe and protected.
(b) That she must get better to protect the person.
(c) At home.
(d) Uncomfortable and unsafe.

5. How does Susan respond to Friday's actions when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?
(a) She realizes he has a soul or spirit.
(b) She is excited at the possibility of escape.
(c) She feels a tendernes akin to love.
(d) She is angry that he has not provided more food.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries the person who steps on a thorn in Part One?

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

3. What does Cruso grow near his shelter?

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

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

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