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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Cruso give to his shelter?
(a) The fort.
(b) Camp Charlotte.
(c) Camp Cruso.
(d) The castle.

2. What, according to Cruso, is true of Friday?
(a) He is a former cannibal.
(b) He was the spiritual leader of his people.
(c) He is a medicine man.
(d) He is a genius.

3. What does Susan watch Friday do when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?
(a) Reach into the water and pull out a fish.
(b) Scatter flower petals on the water.
(c) Feed some birds.
(d) Stay very still until birds land on his shoulders.

4. Why doesn't Friday speak to Susan?
(a) He is shy.
(b) He has no tongue.
(c) Cruso has told him not to.
(d) Out of his respect for women.

5. How does Susan describe the food on the island?
(a) Scarce and very monotonous.
(b) Readily available and luscious.
(c) Bland, plant based, and grisly.
(d) Strange and exotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cruso tell Susan about punishing Friday?

2. How does Susan say that Cruso came to be stranded, in Part One?

3. Why does the woman in the beginning of the story say she slips over the side of the boat and swims to shore?

4. What does Cruso tell Susan when he gives her a knife in Part One?

5. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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