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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Cruso and Friday work on everyday, when Susan first arrives on the island?
(a) The terraces.
(b) Making tools.
(c) Improvements to the shelter.
(d) The crop field.

2. What does Cruso tell Susan about the laws of the island?
(a) "The only law is to do what I say."
(b) "The only law is we will work for our bread."
(c) "The laws are meant for the protection of us all."
(d) "There are no laws."

3. Why does Susan say that Cruso wants to remain on the island?
(a) Stubborness of old age.
(b) He has formed an attachment to natural living.
(c) It is where his love is buried.
(d) He loves Friday and will not leave him.

4. What does Susan learn about Friday when he ignores her request to bring more wood in Part One?
(a) He lost his voice in a fire.
(b) He thinks women are inferior.
(c) He is fiercely loyal to Cruso.
(d) He only knows a few English words.

5. Why do Friday's feet bleed in Part One?
(a) Cuts from thorns.
(b) Bites from fleas and insects.
(c) Some strange virus.
(d) Cuts from the coral reef.

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

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

8. What does Susan do when she wakes to find Cruso's hand exploring her body after she has crawled into bed with him?
(a) Encourages him.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Jumps out of the bed.
(d) Slaps him.

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

10. Who cares for the person (or persons) who falls after Susan has been on the island for one year?
(a) Friday.
(b) No one, the person is left alone.
(c) Susan.
(d) Cruso.

11. What message does Susan try to convey to Friday at the end of Part One?
(a) That Cruso is dead.
(b) That she will meet him in his cabin.
(c) That she will protect him.
(d) That she is with child.

12. How does Susan respond to Friday's actions when she first sees him paddle out onto the bay?
(a) She realizes he has a soul or spirit.
(b) She is excited at the possibility of escape.
(c) She is angry that he has not provided more food.
(d) She feels a tendernes akin to love.

13. How does the captain react to Susan's story?
(a) He expresses guilt over her predicament.
(b) He expresses admiration for her strength and faith.
(c) He seems doubtful of much of her account.
(d) He encourages her to write her story.

14. Where was Susan traveling when her boat ran into trouble?
(a) Paris.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Sydney.
(d) London.

15. Why does the woman in the beginning of the story say she slips over the side of the boat and swims to shore?
(a) She cannot row any further.
(b) To escape the other occupant of the boat.
(c) The boat is leaking.
(d) To get to a person on shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cruso react to the arrival of a ship on the island?

2. Who steps on a thorn in the first section of the story?

3. What, according to Cruso, is true of Friday?

4. Who sinks into a depression after Susan's arrival on the island?

5. Who carries the person who steps on a thorn in Part One?

(see the answer keys)

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