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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. Whom does Diamelo threaten to kill for not understanding orders?
(a) Baleka.
(b) Squibb.
(c) Cringle.
(d) Rutherford.

2. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?
(a) Salons.
(b) Restaurants and the shipyard..
(c) Negro bars.
(d) Salons and negro bars.

3. 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 return the ship to the crew.
(c) He would sail back to Bangalang and kill the crew.
(d) He would sail back to Bangalang and enslave the crew.

4. What does Rutherford wind up inheriting from Reverend Chandler?
(a) Four dollars, a book of poetry, and Chandler's razor.
(b) Forty dollars, a Bible, and Chandler's bedpan.
(c) Forty acres, a copy of McGuffey's Primer, and a mule.
(d) A Bible.

5. What does Cringle have a sixth sense about?
(a) Death.
(b) Illness.
(c) Disaster.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bullet holes does Captain Falcon's door have in it?

2. How old does Rutherford estimate the deceased slave boy to be?

3. Before Reverend Chandler said how he would dispose of his estate, Jackson had already stated that he would not accept a gift of land or property. What is Rutherford's opinion of his brother's statement?

4. What ability does Ngonyama have?

5. What is the name of the black man who brings Rutherford to Mr. Zeringue?

(see the answer key)

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