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

2. What was the profession of Captain Falcon's father?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Minister.
(c) Shopkeeper.
(d) Blacksmith.

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

4. What effect does Rutherford say the written form of the Allmuseri language has on him?
(a) It angers him.
(b) It makes him anxious.
(c) It relaxes him.
(d) It confuses him.

5. What does Captain Falcon catch Rutherford doing one night?
(a) Stealing from the rest of the crew.
(b) Stealing from the liquor stash.
(c) Rummaging through the galley.
(d) Rummaging through his cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way, according to Rutherford, do the Allmuseri greet visitors to their village that is often misunderstood?

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

3. What is Reverend Chandler's reaction to being told that Rutherford is present at his deathbed?

4. After talking with Isadora and Mr. Zeringue, where does Rutherford go that turns out to be filled with sailors?

5. The next time Rutherford talks to Falcon, what does Falcon tell him he plans to do with the Allmuseri once they reach land?

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