2. What ability does Ngonyama have?
(a) To become invisible.
(b) To walk through walls.
(c) To fade into the background.
(d) To negotiate even the hardest situations.

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

4. What does Isadora tell Rutherford he should do instead of constantly getting drunk?
(a) Go back to the plantation.
(b) Something productive with his life.
(c) Join the crew of a ship.
(d) Reconcile with his family.

5. After Rutherford's new friend passes out from alcohol, what does Rutherford do?
(a) Goes home and prepares for his wedding.
(b) Boards the ship as a stowaway.
(c) Steals the man's work papers and uses his identity to start a new life in Alabama.
(d) Steals the man's work papers and boards the ship as him.

6. How many days does it take the Republic to travel from New Orleans to Africa?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Thirty-one.

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

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

9. When Rutherford sees the Allmuseri, what tribe does he describe them as taller than?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Pygmy.
(c) Ashanti.
(d) Watusi.

10. Rutherford warns the reader not to be too ________________ his way of life.
(a) Critical of.
(b) Disgusted by.
(c) Angered by.
(d) Judgmental of.

11. What does Rutherford say New Orleans women always smell like?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Roses.
(c) Gardenias.
(d) Wisteria.

12. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?
(a) Restaurants and the shipyard..
(b) Negro bars.
(c) Salons and negro bars.
(d) Salons.

13. When is the only time Cringle seems to relax?
(a) When he is alone on watch or reading.
(b) When he is with others.
(c) When he is sleeping.
(d) When he is alone on watch.

14. What activates the safety on the pistol that Falcon gives Rutherford?
(a) The pistol has no safety.
(b) A magnetized earring.
(c) A button just above the trigger.
(d) A magnetized ring.

15. Who is appointed captain once Falcon is out of the way?
(a) Squibb.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Cringle.
(d) McGaffin.