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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who invites Susan to his cabin?
(a) Friday.
(b) The first mate.
(c) The captain.
(d) Jim Preston.

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

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

5. How does Susan describe the rhythm of the wind and rain on the island in Part One?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Calming and hypnotic.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Agitating.

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

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

8. What does Cruso tell Susan about the laws of the island?
(a) "The laws are meant for the protection of us all."
(b) "The only law is to do what I say."
(c) "The only law is we will work for our bread."
(d) "There are no laws."

9. What, according to Cruso, is true of Friday?
(a) He was the spiritual leader of his people.
(b) He is a genius.
(c) He is a medicine man.
(d) He is a former cannibal.

10. Why does Cruso tell Susan he has not tried to record his memories?
(a) He doesn't think anyone will ever read it.
(b) He cannot write.
(c) Forgetting is the greatest blessing of the island.
(d) He hasn't forgetten anything worth remembering.

11. What does the woman ask for when she first swims ashore?
(a) Water.
(b) To be allowed to die.
(c) Help.
(d) Someone named Abigail.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cruso say he never tried to build a boat?

2. How does Susan say that Cruso came to be stranded, in Part One?

3. How does Cruso respond to leaving on the ship?

4. Why doesn't Friday speak to Susan?

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

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