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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Susan put the finished pages of her story?
(a) In a chest.
(b) In a secretary desk.
(c) In a basket on top of a desk.
(d) In the lining of a coat.

2. Where do Susan and Friday move to at the end of May in Part Two?
(a) The King's Arms.
(b) Mr. Lewes' house.
(c) Mr. Foe's house.
(d) A ground floor apartment with a spare room.

3. What do Susan and Friday grow in their garden?
(a) Weeds and wildflowers.
(b) Cabbage and corn.
(c) Carrots and beans.
(d) Peas and potatoes.

4. What does Susan thank Mr. Foe for giving back to her?
(a) Substance.
(b) Dignity.
(c) A sense of purpose.
(d) Independence.

5. What does Susan suggest to Mr. Foe would be a good job for Friday?
(a) Man servant.
(b) Carriage driver.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Groomsman.

6. What does Susan do with the money she receives from Mr. Foe in the beginning of Part Two?
(a) Buys food and shoes.
(b) Buys clothes for Friday and pays rent.
(c) Takes it to her grandfather.
(d) Puts it in a chest, but refuses to use it.

7. Who receives a letter "for your master" in Part Two?
(a) Susan.
(b) The young girl.
(c) Friday.
(d) The old man.

8. Who does Susan realize is willing to take Friday?
(a) Those who will sell him to slavers.
(b) Captain Maxwell.
(c) A fishing vessel.
(d) The captain of the Hobart.

9. How does Friday respond to live in the city, at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) He is not happy.
(b) He shows no change at all.
(c) He is fascinated by it.
(d) He is agitated and scared.

10. Who claims to have been born in Deptford in May of 1702?
(a) Shane LaFountain.
(b) George Lewes.
(c) Mr. Foe.
(d) Young Susan.

11. What does Susan say that eating human flesh is bound to be like?
(a) Any other human sin.
(b) Eating the meat at the pub.
(c) Eating chicken.
(d) Any other mindless ritual.

12. What does Susan say Cruso would have done if he had been a true adventurer?
(a) Returned to civilization alive.
(b) Planted a seed in the only fertile womb on the island.
(c) Found a way off the island, if only by death.
(d) Experimented with cannibalism.

13. What does Mr. Foe say it is a shame that Cruso didn't save from the wreck?
(a) Ink and paper.
(b) His wife.
(c) Muskets, powder or tools.
(d) Seeds of some sort.

14. What elements does Susan suggest adding to her story?
(a) Passion and sex.
(b) Another group of hostile cast-aways.
(c) Cannibals and corn seeds.
(d) Pregnancy and how Friday lost his tongue.

15. Where does Friday live in Part Two?
(a) In a cellar.
(b) In a large broom closet.
(c) In Susan's room.
(d) In a room next to Susan's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan lament in the telling of her story?

2. Who is George Lewes?

3. What does Susan compare to moving the stones on the island?

4. What does Susan find in a case?

5. What haunts Susan about what she finds on the side of the road at the end of Part Two?

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