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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. What does Rutherford eventually take up as a career?
(a) Sales.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Murder.

2. How much does Mr. Zeringue tell Rutherford he owes him?
(a) Fifty thousand francs.
(b) Fifty thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty thousand pounds.
(d) Fifty thousand sovereigns.

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

4. At the beginning of Entry 2, what does Rutherford say wakes him up?
(a) A knife pressed against his stomach.
(b) A knife pressed against his neck.
(c) A pistol pressed against his stomach.
(d) A pistol pressed against his head.

5. When is the only time Cringle seems to relax?
(a) When he is alone on watch or reading.
(b) When he is with others.
(c) When he is alone on watch.
(d) When he is sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cringle tell Rutherford about seeing and hearing the cabin boy in Falcon's quarters?

2. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?

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

4. Where does the explorer now reside?

5. What is the name of the sailor Rutherford meets?

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