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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Spanish explorer who is the source of the only recorded description of the tribes people the crew will be picking up?
(a) Marco Garcia.
(b) Garcia Rafael.
(c) Rafael Garcia.
(d) Marco Polo.

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

3. Who is "Papa"?
(a) Captain Falcon.
(b) Santos.
(c) Mr. Zeringue.
(d) Reverend Chandler.

4. What is the term used for the toilet?
(a) Head.
(b) Bilge.
(c) Loo.
(d) Honey bucket.

5. The sailor that Rutherford meets in Entry 1 is taking the position of ____________ aboard Captain Falcon's ship.
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) First Mate.
(c) Cook.
(d) Boatswain.

6. What does Cringle tell Rutherford about seeing and hearing the cabin boy in Falcon's quarters?
(a) He tells Rutherford to tell anyone who will listen.
(b) He says nothing to Rutherford about it.
(c) He tells Rutherford not to speak of it to anyone.
(d) He tells Rutherford that he wants to kill Falcon over it.

7. Where does Tommy stay for the rest of the voyage to New Orleans?
(a) Falcon's cabin.
(b) His hammock in the orlop.
(c) In the cargo hold with the creature.
(d) Cringle's cabin.

8. To whom does Rutherford tell a sob story?
(a) Squibb.
(b) Cringle.
(c) Captain Falcon.
(d) Tommy, the cabin boy.

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

10. Which crew member does Cringle tell Rutherford to stay away from?
(a) Captain Falcon.
(b) Squibb.
(c) Nathaniel Meadows.
(d) Himself.

11. Captain Falcon's ship is going to Bangalang, located on the coast of which country?
(a) Ghana.
(b) India.
(c) Guinea.
(d) Greece.

12. What does Cringle have a sixth sense about?
(a) Illness.
(b) People.
(c) Death.
(d) Disaster.

13. Isadora warns Rutherford that he is not _________.
(a) Classy.
(b) Bright.
(c) Likable.
(d) Common.

14. How much does Mr. Zeringue tell Rutherford he owes him?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars.
(b) Fifty thousand sovereigns.
(c) Fifty thousand pounds.
(d) Fifty thousand francs.

15. Captain Falcon asks Rutherford to be his ____________ around the crew.
(a) Eyes and ears.
(b) Hands and feet.
(c) Heart and soul.
(d) Ears and eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Rutherford, is the first duty of the sailors on board the Republic?

2. Approximately long will the ship's journey take?

3. When carving a pig, how does Rutherford describe the way Ngonyama handles the knife?

4. At the beginning of Entry 2, what does Rutherford say wakes him up?

5. The crew seems to spend most of their time at sea:

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