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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Susan sleep on her first night on the island?
(a) On a hammock.
(b) On a bed of grass.
(c) On a woven mat.
(d) In Cruso's bed.

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

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

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

5. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?
(a) A black man.
(b) A woman wearing a bonnet.
(c) A boy with a shaved head.
(d) A white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman who swims ashore feel when she is with the person who first greets her?

2. What does Susan watch Friday do when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?

3. Why do Friday's feet bleed in Part One?

4. What does Cruso tell Susan about punishing Friday?

5. What does Cruso grow near his shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Susan come to see Friday as a being with a soul?

2. Describe Cruso's health.

3. What is Susan's first impression of the island?

4. Where is Susan's daughter?

5. Why does Susan believe that she is on the island?

6. Why is the lizard that Susan finds important?

7. Does Susan respect Cruso?

8. How does the Captain of the Hobart react to Susan's story of being a castaway on the island?

9. Explain why Susan and Cruso have a fight over shoes.

10. How does Susan and Cruso's relationship change once they are rescued?

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