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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 4: June 28, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The crew seems to spend most of their time at sea:
(a) Complaining about the lack of cleanliness.
(b) Attempting to repair the ship.
(c) Partying.
(d) Getting drunk.

2. Where does Tommy stay for the rest of the voyage to New Orleans?
(a) In the cargo hold with the creature.
(b) Falcon's cabin.
(c) Cringle's cabin.
(d) His hammock in the orlop.

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

4. The next time Rutherford talks to Falcon, what does Falcon tell him he plans to do with the Allmuseri once they reach land?
(a) Keep them for himself.
(b) Set them free.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Kill them.

5. What is Mr. Zeringue?
(a) The town gangster.
(b) The town's wealthiest businessman.
(c) The town benefactor.
(d) The town financier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tommy no longer able to do after he tries to look at the cargo?

2. Captain Falcon tells Rutherford that the cargo they will pick up at Bangalang includes forty ______________ tribes people.

3. Falcon tells Rutherford that it is his bet Rutherford will be ________________ by the time the ship returns to New Orleans.

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

5. Captain Ebenezer Falcon has a reputation for being:

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