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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan think is one of the questions that readers will wonder about her story?
(a) How Cruso really died.
(b) If she is telling the truth.
(c) Why she and Cruso didn't become a couple.
(d) Why they didn't attempt escape.

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

3. How are the events of Part Two communicated?
(a) In a journal Susan dicates to Mr. Foe.
(b) Dialogue between Susan and Mr. Foe.
(c) Third party narration.
(d) In a series of letters.

4. What does Susan worry about regarding the story of her life as a cast-away?
(a) That she won't make enough money to live off of it,
(b) That people will findher immoral.
(c) That people will think she is lying.
(d) That it isn't exciting enough.

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

6. What is The King's Arms?
(a) A shop that sells trinkets.
(b) An inn and pub.
(c) Mr. Foe's first book.
(d) Mr. Foe's home.

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

8. What does Susan find on the side of the road at the end of Part Two?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A dead baby.
(c) A book by Mr. Foe.
(d) A sash from a young girl's dress.

9. Where does Susan dance?
(a) Outside in the rain.
(b) In a barn.
(c) In a ballroom.
(d) In a church.

10. What does Susan say about mothers and children?
(a) Children never seek lost parents.
(b) They burden each other for life.
(c) They share an unbreakable bond.
(d) Mothers carry a sense of their offspring for life.

11. What does Susan say might be a way to communicate with Friday?
(a) By gardening with him.
(b) Nature walks.
(c) Music.
(d) Teaching him to read and write.

12. What does Susan tell Mr. Foe about escaping from the island on a small boat?
(a) The winds made escape impossible.
(b) The undertow made small boats a hazard.
(c) She tried it but the boat capsized and was ruined.
(d) She tried it, but lacked the proper tools to build a boat.

13. What is the result of Susan's new attempted method of communication with Friday?
(a) He reaches out for her hand.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) She learns how he lost his tongue.
(d) He hits her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims to have been born in Deptford in May of 1702?

2. Why does Susan say she is eager for Mr. Foe to complete her project in May of Part Two?

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

4. Who does the person who watches the house where Susan and Friday live claim to be?

5. What does Susan say the terraces on the island come to resemble with the passage of time?

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