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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. What is the term used for the toilet?
(a) Honey bucket.
(b) Bilge.
(c) Head.
(d) Loo.

2. What does Cringle tell Rutherford that Falcon watches for in each crew member?
(a) Incompetency.
(b) A weakness.
(c) A strength.
(d) Illness.

3. What percentage was Captain Falcon set to receive of the cargo's value?
(a) 25%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 15%.

4. 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) Of disease, during passage from Africa.
(d) In bed, of old age.

5. Captain Falcon's ship is going to Bangalang, located on the coast of which country?
(a) Guinea.
(b) Ghana.
(c) India.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which crew member does Cringle tell Rutherford to stay away from?

2. What does Rutherford say New Orleans women always smell like?

3. After the storm passes, what about Ngonyama sets him apart from all the others on board the ship?

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

5. How much does Mr. Zeringue tell Rutherford he owes him?

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