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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 12, what does Crusoe expect will happen to him every night when he goes to bed?
(a) That cannibals will come in the night.
(b) That he will be murdered and devoured before morning.
(c) That he will not have enough food.
(d) That he will lose some goats.

2. In Chapter 18, what is the name of the man who is injured and that the captain will not give quarter?
(a) Davy Jones.
(b) Will Fry.
(c) Andy Martin.
(d) Tom Smith.

3. In Chapter 14 after Crusoe decides to try to capture a savage, how long is it before he sees the cannibals again?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 27 months.
(c) 1 1/2 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. In Chapter 16, how long has Crusoe been on the island?
(a) 28 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 29 years.
(d) 30 years.

5. What river does Crusoe realize is near his island in Chapter 15?
(a) Cuyabeno.
(b) Orinoco.
(c) Paute.
(d) Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how many people does Friday tell Crusoe that he and others ate when they came to the island?

2. What does Crusoe begin carrying with him everywhere in Chapter 12?

3. What type of tree does Crusoe have Friday cut for a mast in Chapter 16?

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

5. What does Crusoe say that he might have done if he did not have to worry about cannibals in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, why is Crusoe cautious about rescuing the other men who are living with the cannibals and what does he do about it?

2. When Crusoe leaves the island in Chapter 19, what does he take with him?

3. Who do Crusoe and Friday rescue and how in Chapter 16?

4. How does Friday kill a bear in Chapter 20?

5. In Chapter 18, when the men from the ship are ready to go back in the boat after traipsing around the island, what does Crusoe have done to keep them on the shore?

6. How long does the widow persuade Crusoe in Chapter 20 to stay and what does Crusoe do during that time?

7. In Chapter 12, where and why does Crusoe move some of his goats?

8. In Chapter 19, what does Crusoe learn has happened to his plantation in Brazil?

9. Why does the Spaniard suggest that Crusoe wait six months before rescuing the Spaniard's comrades?

10. At the beginning of Chapter 14, how does Crusoe spend his time?

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