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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?
(a) Of disease, during passage from Africa.
(b) In childbirth, giving birth to his baby sister.
(c) In bed, of old age.
(d) Of overwork, in the fields of Illinois.

2. What does Captain Falcon consider himself?
(a) Popular.
(b) A genius.
(c) Misunderstood.
(d) Unpopular.

3. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?
(a) In the cotton fields.
(b) As a house slave.
(c) In the corn fields.
(d) In the gardens.

4. Cringle's correct speech is taken as ________, and the captain interprets his sensitivity as ___________.
(a) Arrogance; weakness.
(b) Snobbishness; prissiness.
(c) Weakness; arrogance.
(d) Prissiness; weakness.

5. What is the main thing that Rutherford notices about the Republic?
(a) The absence of women.
(b) The lack of proper safety equipment.
(c) The absence of civility and manners.
(d) The stench and filthiness below deck.

6. Why do the Allmuseri require no medication?
(a) They rely entirely on natural remedies.
(b) They possess the ability to heal themselves.
(c) They are immune to all diseases.
(d) They are resistant to all medications.

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

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

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

10. The next time Rutherford talks to Falcon, what does Falcon tell him he plans to do with the Allmuseri once they reach land?
(a) Keep them for himself.
(b) Set them free.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Sell them.

11. What did Reverend Chandler, Rutherford's master, try to teach him while he was growing up on the plantation?
(a) Penmanship and Biblical virtues.
(b) Financial prudence and honesty.
(c) Biblical virtues.
(d) Penmanship.

12. What is Isadora's career?
(a) Tarot reader.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Schoolteacher.

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

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

15. How many bullet holes does Captain Falcon's door have in it?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage was Captain Falcon set to receive of the cargo's value?

2. What has destroyed the Allmuseri village?

3. What is Mr. Zeringue?

4. How much does Mr. Zeringue tell Rutherford he owes him?

5. Who is "Papa"?

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