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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. What does Isadora tell Rutherford he should do instead of constantly getting drunk?
(a) Reconcile with his family.
(b) Join the crew of a ship.
(c) Go back to the plantation.
(d) Something productive with his life.

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

3. What did Reverend Chandler, Rutherford's master, try to teach him while he was growing up on the plantation?
(a) Financial prudence and honesty.
(b) Penmanship and Biblical virtues.
(c) Biblical virtues.
(d) Penmanship.

4. Isadora's terms leave Rutherford so afraid that he is afflicted for several hours with bouts of _________________.
(a) Headaches.
(b) Hiccups.
(c) Coughing.
(d) Vomiting.

5. Captain Ebenezer Falcon has a reputation for being:
(a) Cruel.
(b) Kind.
(c) Ruthless.
(d) Incompetent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?

2. What does Captain Falcon consider himself?

3. What is the main thing that Rutherford notices about the Republic?

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

5. After the cargo is brought on board, what does Captain Falcon put Rutherford in charge of?

(see the answer key)

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