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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Republic begins its return trip to New Orleans, what does it encounter?
(a) Sea monsters.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Rough water and bad weather.
(d) Calm water and no wind.

2. Isadora agrees to pay off Rutherford's debt if he agrees to what?
(a) Work aboard the Republic.
(b) Kill Santos.
(c) Kill Mr. Zeringue.
(d) Marry her the next day.

3. What is the total value of the ship's entire cargo?
(a) $8,585.
(b) $8,888.
(c) $8,885.
(d) $8,858.

4. What is the name of the sailor Rutherford meets?
(a) Squibb.
(b) Squidd.
(c) Meadows.
(d) Tommy.

5. What activates the safety on the pistol that Falcon gives Rutherford?
(a) A magnetized earring.
(b) A button just above the trigger.
(c) A magnetized ring.
(d) The pistol has no safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Falcon asks Rutherford to be his ____________ around the crew.

2. What is Isadora's career?

3. What prophecy of Reverend Chandler about him does Rutherford say comes true in Entry 3?

4. Which crew member does Cringle tell Rutherford to stay away from?

5. What is Mr. Zeringue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ability does Rutherford lose while at sea?

2. The night Rutherford meets with Zeringue, he finds that he owes Zeringue 50,000 francs. He also learns that Zeringue and Isadora have made a deal regarding his debt with Zeringue. What are the details of this deal?

3. What tendency of Rutherford's can Reverend Chandler do nothing to stifle?

4. As the Republic leaves the African coast, to what does Rutherford attribute the uneasiness he senses in Captain Falcon?

5. When Falcon begins telling Rutherford intimate details about his crew, what does Rutherford decide the captain's motives for doing so must be?

6. In what languages does Captain Falcon think simultaneously?

7. When Cringle is appointed to become captain once Falcon is out of the way, what does he promise the crew?

8. How does Isadora try to convince Rutherford to change?

9. On the day Rutherford meets Baleka and her mother, he throws Baleka a biscuit. What is her mother's response?

10. Rutherford tells Isadora he doesn't want to marry anyone. As he thinks about the situation, what does he realize about his reluctance to marry Isadora?

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