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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Cruso react to the arrival of a ship on the island?
(a) He fights the men who try to get him to board.
(b) He is scared and tries to run away.
(c) He sits without emotion.
(d) He cries tears of joy and relief.

3. How does Susan say that Cruso came to be stranded, in Part One?
(a) He was a captain whose crew mutinied and left him stranded..
(b) HIs family drowned at sea and he survived.
(c) He and Friday are the only survivors of a slave ship.
(d) She doesn't know.

4. Why does Cruso say he never tried to build a boat?
(a) He has no desire to leave.
(b) He doesn't know where he would escape to.
(c) The current would not allow them to leave.
(d) Supplies are not available.

5. What best describes Cruso's shelter when Susan first sees it?
(a) A shelter of poles and thatched reeds.
(b) A cave transformed by fire and animal pelts.
(c) An impressive shed made of timber, knots and vines.
(d) A shanty of sail cloth, vines and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Susan to his cabin?

2. Why does Susan say that Cruso wants to remain on the island?

3. Who cares for the person (or persons) who falls after Susan has been on the island for one year?

4. What does Susan bring back to camp after disobeying Cruso on her third day on the island?

5. How long is Cruso ill, in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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