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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 does Joyce marry her second husband?
(a) When he quits the army.
(b) When he is given compassionate leave.
(c) When he is dishonorably discharged.
(d) When he is honorably discharged.

2. Why is the Duke of York headed to its destination?
(a) To pick up and transport slaves.
(b) To drop off slaves.
(c) To pick up goods like tobacco and cotton.
(d) To drop off goods like tobacco and cotton.

3. What is the stateroom of the ship set up for?
(a) To use as a resting area.
(b) To use as a stateroom.
(c) To use as a shop.
(d) To use as a meeting room.

4. What does Sandra confess in March 1940?
(a) She does not love her husband.
(b) She is pregnant from an extramarital affair.
(c) She is terminally ill.
(d) She has miscarried.

5. What do a lot of slaves and crew members succumb to?
(a) Measles.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Malaria and dysentery.
(d) Mumps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mr. Davey punished?

2. What does Hamilton buy to discourage insurrection?

3. What happened to Joyce's father?

4. How many living children does Joyce have by the end of "Somewhere in England"?

5. When does the Duke of York reach Sierra Leone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellis say concerning Hamilton's father's death?

2. What belief did Hamilton's father hold concerning Christianity and slavery?

3. How does Captain Hamilton reconcile his Christian beliefs with his professional dealings in slavery?

4. Describe Travis.

5. What is the state of the supply of slaves when Hamilton is on the coast?

6. What happens to Sandra and why?

7. Describe James Hamilton.

8. Why doesn't Len get called up for the war?

9. Why doesn't Joyce's mother want her to marry?

10. What is the state of Hamilton's cargo near the end of the log in "Crossing the River"?

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