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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 8: August 1, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford he would do if he were master of the ship?
(a) He would sail to New Orleans and return the ship to the crew.
(b) He would sail back to Bangalang and enslave the crew.
(c) He would sail back to Bangalang and kill the crew.
(d) He would sail back to Bangalang and return the ship to the crew.

2. How many years older than Rutherford is his brother Jackson?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) One.

3. When Rutherford goes back on deck, what does he find himself dreaming of?
(a) Home.
(b) His father.
(c) Bangalang.
(d) Isadora.

4. When Reverend Chandler was near death, where did Jackson ask Rutherford to meet him?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In Chandler's chambers.
(d) In Chandler's office.

5. How did Cringle wind up as part of the Republic's crew?
(a) He was appointed to it by his father.
(b) He was shanghaied.
(c) He volunteered.
(d) He was commissioned after graduating from school.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the food rations become low, what do the crew begin eating?

2. Who does Cringle tell Rutherford is already aboard the ship when Rutherford presents his (stolen) work papers?

3. Captain Falcon tells Rutherford that the cargo they will pick up at Bangalang includes forty ______________ tribes people.

4. What is the name of the Spanish explorer who is the source of the only recorded description of the tribes people the crew will be picking up?

5. How does Rutherford describe himself as having felt on board?

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