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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 8: August 1, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the battle ends, whom do the Allmuseri accuse of being responsible for the brutal ways in which they were treated?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Rutherford.
(d) Cringle.

2. After the storm passes, what about Ngonyama sets him apart from all the others on board the ship?
(a) He is wearing a life jacket.
(b) He is completely dry.
(c) He is naked.
(d) He is encased in ice.

3. After talking with Isadora and Mr. Zeringue, where does Rutherford go that turns out to be filled with sailors?
(a) A pub.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The docks.
(d) A store.

4. When Baleka comes to check on Rutherford, what does she tell him?
(a) It is his turn to feed the Allmuseri god.
(b) It is his turn to clean out the hold.
(c) It is his turn to make dinner.
(d) It is his turn to empty the slop pails in the head.

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?
(a) Both hands.
(b) The nose.
(c) Both feet.
(d) Both ears.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the mate named Fletcher comes into the meeting room, what news does he have for the mutineers?

2. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford, during the battle on deck, that he must do now if he is going to do it at all?

3. What does Rutherford notice about the slaves when they come up from the hold?

4. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford he would do if he were master of the ship?

5. What does Rutherford wind up inheriting from Reverend Chandler?

(see the answer key)

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