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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 9: August 20, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Rutherford, is the first duty of the sailors on board the Republic?
(a) Obey the captain.
(b) Keep the ship afloat at all costs.
(c) Stay drunk.
(d) Stay out of Squibb's way.

2. After Rutherford finishes telling Squibb about Reverend Chandler's death, what illness does he say that Baleka seems to have?
(a) A cold.
(b) Malaria.
(c) A fever.
(d) Influenza.

3. What is another name for the crew's sleeping quarters, according to Rutherford's entry?
(a) Berthing area.
(b) Dunlop.
(c) Orlop.
(d) Barracks.

4. Falcon tells Rutherford that it is his bet Rutherford will be ________________ by the time the ship returns to New Orleans.
(a) A slave.
(b) A man's man.
(c) Dead.
(d) A ship's officer.

5. 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 make dinner.
(c) It is his turn to clean out the hold.
(d) It is his turn to empty the slop pails in the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rutherford describe himself as having felt on board?

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

3. About whom does Rutherford find himself thinking as he writes in the ship's log?

4. This journal entry ends as:

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

(see the answer key)

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