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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why do Friday's feet bleed in Part One?
(a) Some strange virus.
(b) Cuts from the coral reef.
(c) Cuts from thorns.
(d) Bites from fleas and insects.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cruso tell Susan about the laws of the island?

2. Why does Cruso tell Susan he has not tried to record his memories?

3. Why doesn't Friday speak to Susan?

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

5. What happens when a ship arrives on the island?

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