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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. In Chapter 16, how long does it take Crusoe and Friday using rollers to get their boat into the water?
(a) Fortnight.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 days.

2. In Chapter 17, when the Englishmen get their boat stranded when the tide goes out, about how many hours does Crusoe think it will take for the time to come in and float the boat?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

3. In Chapter 20 after coming upon the carcasses of a dead horse and two men, how many wolves do Crusoe and his group kill?
(a) 29.
(b) 3 dozen.
(c) 3 score.
(d) 41.

4. How does Crusoe kill one of the men who follow the escapee in Chapter 14?
(a) Hits him with a piece of driftwood.
(b) Chokes him.
(c) Hits him with the stock of his gun.
(d) Drowns him.

5. When Crusoe arrives in England in Chapter 19, how long has it been since he has been in England?
(a) 36 years.
(b) 33 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how far is the hill where Crusoe goes to watch for ships from his castle?

2. What is Friday doing when a bear comes from the woods?

3. Where does Friday hit the bear when he throws something at the bear in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 15, what task does Crusoe assign Friday after he feeds him broth made from goat and then roasted goat?

5. In Chapter 18, where is the mutineer captain wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Crusoe settle down during the seven years that widow persuades him to stay in Chapter 20 and why does he leave?

2. In Chapter 19, how and why do two men who were left on the island get to the ship?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Crusoe think that his circumstances would be like if he had stayed in Brazil?

4. In Chapter 16, why does Friday look grave and sad when Crusoe tells him he will make a boat and take Friday back to his country?

5. In Chapter 20, when Crusoe and his group come to the town where they are to lodge, what is the situation there?

6. After seeing signs of cannibalism in Chapter 12, what does Crusoe begin taking with him every time he goes he goes out?

7. In Chapter 15, why is the first year with Friday one of the most pleasant Crusoe has spent on the island?

8. What does Crusoe dream in Chapter 14?

9. In Chapter 15, what does Crusoe decide to do to cure Friday of eating human flesh?

10. In Chapter 12, what signs of cannibalism does Crusoe find?

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