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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the storm, who stands up to Cringle regarding the poor condition of the ship?
(a) Captain Falcon.
(b) Terrence Meadows.
(c) Squibb.
(d) Matthew McGaffin.

2. How much pay does Falcon offer Rutherford (an offer that Rutherford accepts) to remain part of the crew?
(a) Twenty-five percent of the earnings.
(b) Ten percent of the earnings.
(c) None.
(d) Five percent of the earnings.

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

4. What is Captain Falcon's opinion of the war against England?
(a) Brilliantly planned, but full of military mistakes.
(b) Brilliantly planned and masterfully executed.
(c) Stupid and full of military mistakes.
(d) Stupid, but masterfully executed.

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

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

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

8. When Falcon starts telling Rutherford intimate details about the crew members, how does Rutherford say it makes him feel?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Privileged.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Unclean.

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

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

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

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

13. According to Rutherford, what are Falcon's legs shorter than?
(a) His bed.
(b) His chart table.
(c) His captain's chair.
(d) His dining table.

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

15. Captain Falcon tells Rutherford that the cargo they will pick up at Bangalang includes forty ______________ tribes people.
(a) Ubuntu.
(b) Allmuseri.
(c) Watusi.
(d) Pygmy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Reverend Chandler, Rutherford's master, try to teach him while he was growing up on the plantation?

3. Isadora agrees to pay off Rutherford's debt if he agrees to what?

4. Captain Falcon asks Rutherford to be his ____________ around the crew.

5. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?

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