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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Susan and Friday start to do together in Part Two?
(a) Ride in a row boat.
(b) Look at stars.
(c) Pull weeds.
(d) Play music.

3. What does Susan say the terraces on the island come to resemble with the passage of time?
(a) Birth and death.
(b) Monuments.
(c) Folly.
(d) Tombs.

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

5. Who does Susan believe sent the person who watches the house where Susan and Friday live?
(a) Mr. Foe.
(b) God.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) George Lewes.

6. What best describe the dwelling where Susan lives in Part Two?
(a) A second story apartment.
(b) Her grandfather's house.
(c) An inn.
(d) A rented cottage.

7. How does Susan feel after her dance?
(a) Calm.
(b) Excited.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Refreshed.

8. What best describes Susan's dance?
(a) Graceful and emotional.
(b) Fun and lively.
(c) A waltz.
(d) Wild spinning.

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

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

11. 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 lacked the proper tools to build a boat.
(d) She tried it but the boat capsized and was ruined.

12. How do Susan and Friday live in their new location at the end of May in Part Two?
(a) Simply, but happily.
(b) Like kings.
(c) With the curtains drawn.
(d) Above chaos, but in a space of peace.

13. What clue is given that Susan knew Mr. Foe before coming hiring him to write her story?
(a) She describes Mr. Foe's fondness for rose gardens prior to meeting him.
(b) She describes the house before arriving.
(c) The music box.
(d) The atlas in the study.

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

15. Susan tells Friday that he alone knows that their lives on the island where what?
(a) Spirit killing.
(b) Transformational.
(c) Enough.
(d) Dull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first indication Susan receives, in April, that there is a problem with Mr. Foe?

2. What does Mr. Foe say it is a shame that Cruso didn't save from the wreck?

3. Where do Susan and Friday go to find passage for Friday back to his native people?

4. What happens when Susan tries to give the person who watches the house a packet of letters?

5. What does Susan tell her young guest about that person's father?

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