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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Susan traveling to Bahia?
(a) To become a missionary.
(b) To join her husband.
(c) To teach.
(d) To look for her daughter.

2. Who steps on a thorn in the first section of the story?
(a) The unnamed boy.
(b) Susan.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Friday.

3. What best describes the person who first meets the woman who swims ashore in the beginning of the story?
(a) A white man.
(b) A woman wearing a bonnet.
(c) A boy with a shaved head.
(d) A black man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What message does Susan try to convey to Friday at the end of Part One?

3. What does Cruso tell Susan about the laws of the island?

4. What does Susan learn about Friday when he ignores her request to bring more wood in Part One?

5. Why do Friday's feet bleed in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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