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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 6: July 3, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he finally makes it on deck, what does Rutherford realize about the slaves?
(a) They are waiting in the hold, eager to participate in the mutiny.
(b) They have escaped and jumped overboard.
(c) They have escaped and are staging an uprising.
(d) They are all dead down in the hold, killed by the captain's men.

2. What does Rutherford notice about the slaves when they come up from the hold?
(a) Their feet are dirty.
(b) They don't have any clothes.
(c) They smell of vomit and feces.
(d) They have lice and rat bites.

3. What does Cringle tell Rutherford about seeing and hearing the cabin boy in Falcon's quarters?
(a) He tells Rutherford to tell anyone who will listen.
(b) He tells Rutherford that he wants to kill Falcon over it.
(c) He says nothing to Rutherford about it.
(d) He tells Rutherford not to speak of it to anyone.

4. 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) Rafael Garcia.
(c) Garcia Rafael.
(d) Marco Polo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rutherford convince the Allmuseri to spare Cringle's life?

2. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?

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

4. When Rutherford encounters Falcon in the passageway after one of Falcon's booby traps goes off, what emotion does he hear in Falcon's voice?

5. When Meadows and Ngonyama carry a slave boy's corpse from below, what body part(s) does Meadows cut off before the corpse is thrown overboard?

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