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

2. What does Susan lament in the telling of her story?
(a) That she doesn't know how Friday lost his tongue.
(b) That Cruso isn't alive to help her tell it.
(c) That she never learned how to write.
(d) That she can't claim a child conceived on the island.

3. What does Susan find in a case?
(a) Recorders.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Mr. Foe's next story.
(d) Ink and a pen.

4. How does Susan attempt to get passage to Africa for Friday?
(a) By getting him a job as a deckhand.
(b) With the money from Mr. Foe.
(c) By telling the captain he is loyal and strong.
(d) She asks her dance partner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Susan take into the forest toward Cheshunt?

2. What does Susan catch some boys trying to do, in April of Part Two?

3. What is the result of Susan's new attempted method of communication with Friday?

4. Who does Susan believe sent the person who watches the house where Susan and Friday live?

5. What does Susan say about mothers and children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Susan say that she and Friday live in Mr. Foe's house "like poor relations"?

2. What are Susan's insecurities in Part Two?

3. Describe how Susan and young Susan first meet.

4. Explain the mystery surrounding Susan's lost child.

5. Describe Susan and Friday's living conditions when they first arrive in the city in Part Two.

6. What forms the bond between Susan and Friday in Part Two?

7. How does Susan feel about Friday in Part Two?

8. What is the significance of Susan putting her written pages into Mr. Foe's basket?

9. Why is Susan's dance important?

10. Explain the significance of the dead baby Susan finds on the side of the road.

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