Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

1 Put the following events from the story in the right 4 Who in the story? Man Friday, Robinson, the Turkish
order. Number them 1–5. captain, Robinson’s father, the wild men

COMPREHENSION
a Robinson Crusoe met Man Friday. a ... made Robinson Crusoe a slave. ...............
b He built a home on the island and learnt to  b ... was afraid of snow. ..............
kill wild animals. c ... didn’t want Robinson Crusoe to become a
c He returned to England with Man Friday. sailor. ..............

TEST
d He helped an English captain to fight some d ... killed and ate other men. ..............
mutineers. e ... lived on an island for twenty-seven years.
e His boat was shipwrecked and he was left ...............
alone on a small island.
20 marks
20 marks
5 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? complete sentences.
a Robinson came from a very poor family. A
b Robinson lived in Brazil for some years. 1 When Robinson built his first canoe ...
c Robinson took some things from the 2 When Man Friday first met Robinson ...
shipwrecked boat onto the island. 3 When Robinson saw the footprint in the
d All the other men on the shipwrecked boat sand ...
died. 4 When Robinson first went to sea ...
e Robinson built his first house on the beach. 5 When Robinson arrived on the island ...
f On the island Robinson had milk to drink.
B
g The wild men only visited the island once.
a ... he felt very ill.
h Robinson killed some of the wild men.
b ... he built a very strong house.
i Robinson didn’t like Man Friday.
c ... he couldn’t speak English.
j In England Man Friday married and had
d ... he felt very afraid.
three children.
e ... he couldn’t carry it to the sea.
20 marks  
20 marks

3 What did Robinson Crusoe learn to do on the island?

Choose the five correct answers and tick the boxes. T Total marks
Robinson Crusoe learnt to ...
a ... make pots.
b ... ride a horse.
c ... build a canoe.
d ... kill wild animals.
e ... speak Spanish.
f ... read and write.
g ... grow corn.
h ... make clothes from dead animals.
i ... grow flowers.
j ... build a big ship.

20 marks

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 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Setting 15 Robinson felt _____ when he found the

footprint in the sand.
Choose the best answer.
a c happy  b c sad  c c excited  d c afraid
1 Robinson was born in _____. 16 Man Friday was about _____ years old when he
a c England  b c Brazil    came to the island.
c c Africa  d c the Canary Islands a c twenty  b c thirty   
2 Robinson was born in _____. c c thirty-five  d c twenty-five
a c 1732  b c 1832  c c 1632  d c 1532 17 Friday came to the island as a _____.
3 His father was _____. a c friend  b c captain   
a c French  b c Spanish    c c prisoner  d c slave
c c German  d c Italian 18 Friday was afraid of the _____ in France in
4 His mother was _____. winter.
a c French  b c English    a c rain  b c sun  c c people  d c snow
c c Italian    d c Spanish 19 Robinson married and had _____ children.
5 As a boy he went to _____. a c three  b c two  c c four  d c six
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E

a c a good school  b c a big school    20 Robinson went to sea again in _____.

c c a bad school  d c a small school a c 1794  b c 1694  c c 1594  d c 1894
6 His parents wanted him to _____.
a c be a sailor  b c get a good job    20 marks
TEST

c c get married  d c go to Africa

7 Robinson wanted _____ and an exciting life.
a c love  b c a good job    Dialogue
c c marriage  d c adventure
Who said this?
8 He wanted to be a _____.
21 ‘Please don’t go.’
a c sailor  b c pirate  c c captain  d c master
a c Robinson  b c Robinson’s father   
9 He first sailed for _____.
c c Robinson’s mother  d c a friend
a c Brazil  b c London   
22 ‘How do you feel now? The wind wasn’t
c c the Canary Islands  d c Africa
too bad.’
10 The second time, he sailed for _____.
a c a friend  b c Robinson   
a c Africa  b c Turkey   
c c Robinson’s mother  d c Robinson’s father
c c the Canary Islands  d c London
23 ‘Some of my friends want to go fishing
20 marks tomorrow. Get the boat ready.’
a c Moely  b c Xury   
c c Robinson  d c the master
Characters 24 ‘Perhaps now I can escape.’
a c Robinson  b c Xury   
Choose the best answer.
c c Moely  d c the master
11 When Robinson told his parents that he wanted 25 ‘I’ll go all over the world with you.’
to go to sea, they were _____. a c Moely  b c the master   
a c unhappy  b c happy    c c Xury  d c the captain
c c angry  d c not interested 26 ‘Well, I’m going to have to make them.’
12 The _____ captain and his men took Robinson a c Robinson  b c Xury   
to Morocco. c c the captain  d c Moely
a c English  b c French    27 ‘If you have a boat, it’s easy to sail across to this
c c Turkish  d c African island.’
13 Xury was a _____. a c the wild men  b c Friday   
a c boy  b c girl  c c man  d c woman c c Robinson  d c the captain
14 During his time on the island Robinson never 28 ‘I can see my country. Look over there!’
stopped thinking about _____. a c Friday  b c Robinson   
a c his family  b c England    c c the wild man  d c the prisoner
c c escape  d c his friends

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29 ‘Last night there was a mutiny, and the seamen Plot

took the ship from me.’
Choose the best answer.
a c Friday  b c Robinson   
c c the captain  d c the wild man 41 Robinson was a slave in Africa for _____.
30 ‘We’ll fight them, but if we get your ship back a c six months  b c one year   
for you, you must take me back to England.’ c c three years  d c two years
a c the captain  b c Robinson    42 Robinson escaped with _____ in a boat.
c c Friday  d c the prisoner a c his master  b c Moely   
c c a sailor  d c Xury
20 marks 43 The people were happy when he killed a wild
_____ in Africa.
a c cat  b c man  c c dog  d c horse
Vocabulary 44 Robinson stayed in Brazil and _____ for some
years.
Choose the best answer.
a c got married  b c worked hard   
31 the son of your brother or sister
c c didn’t work  d c sailed

M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a c uncle  b c nephew  c c niece  d c cousin
45 He went to sea again, but there was a storm that
32 someone who sails on the sea and steals from
lasted for _____.
other ships
a c two weeks  b c twelve days   
a c pirate  b c sailor  c c captain  d c slave

TEST
c c ten days  d c a week
33 your mother’s or your father’s brother
46 On the island he made his home in a _____.
a c nephew  b c son  c c uncle  d c cousin
a c house  b c tree  c c cave  d c boat
34 the land which is near the sea
47 He made a _____ from a tree, but it was too
a c river  b c ground  c c coast  d c wreck
heavy to move.
35 the most important person on a ship
a c house  b c bed  c c door  d c boat
a c captain  b c pirate  c c slave  d c master
48 The wild men came to the island with _____.
36 a person who belongs to his master and is given
a c prisoners  b c goats   
no money for his work
c c horses  d c dogs
a c pirate  b c master  c c officer  d c slave
49 When Robinson returned to England he _____.
37 to break something completely
a c felt sad  b c felt like a stranger   
a c kill  b c visit  c c wreck  d c mutiny
c c found his parents  d c found his brothers
38 the top of a building, over your head
50 Robinson stayed on the island for _____ years.
a c door  b c window  c c wall  d c roof
a c twenty  b c twenty-three   
39 when sailors fight and take the ship from the
c c twenty-four  d c twenty-seven
captain and officers
a c kill  b c mutiny  c c wreck  d c fall 20 marks
40 the person who you work for and is more
important than you
a c mutineer  b c slave    Total marks
c c friend  d c master

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