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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 3: June 23, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?
(a) In the cotton fields.
(b) In the corn fields.
(c) As a house slave.
(d) In the gardens.

2. What is Tommy no longer able to do after he tries to look at the cargo?
(a) Hear.
(b) Walk.
(c) Speak.
(d) See.

3. Who is "Papa"?
(a) Mr. Zeringue.
(b) Captain Falcon.
(c) Santos.
(d) Reverend Chandler.

4. About whom does Rutherford want to learn more?
(a) Isadora.
(b) Captain Falcon.
(c) Tommy, the cabin boy.
(d) Squibb.

5. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?
(a) Of disease, during passage from Africa.
(b) In bed, of old age.
(c) Of overwork, in the fields of Illinois.
(d) In childbirth, giving birth to his baby sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Rutherford tell a sob story?

2. What has destroyed the Allmuseri village?

3. How old does Squibb tell Rutherford he is?

4. The sailor that Rutherford meets in Entry 1 is taking the position of ____________ aboard Captain Falcon's ship.

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

(see the answer key)

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