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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 2: June 20, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Marco Garcia.
(b) Garcia Rafael.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Rafael Garcia.

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

4. What does Rutherford say New Orleans women always smell like?
(a) Roses.
(b) Lilacs.
(c) Gardenias.
(d) Wisteria.

5. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) First mate and quartermaster.
(c) Captain.
(d) First mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Ebenezer Falcon has a reputation for being:

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

3. Rutherford warns the reader not to be too ________________ his way of life.

4. What did Reverend Chandler, Rutherford's master, try to teach him while he was growing up on the plantation?

5. Captain Falcon's ship is going to Bangalang, located on the coast of which country?

(see the answer key)

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