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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Rutherford hear Captain Falcon come into the room?
(a) He is absorbed in reading.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is asleep.
(d) He is engrossed with looking out the window.

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

6. 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 Polo.
(b) Rafael Garcia.
(c) Marco Garcia.
(d) Garcia Rafael.

7. Rutherford befriends an Allmuseri woman and a young girl named Baleka. What relationship is Baleka to the Allmuseri woman?
(a) Niece.
(b) None.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Sister.

8. How does Tommy wind up being the first to try to look at the mysterious cargo inside the crate?
(a) He wins a game of poker.
(b) He loses at a game of dice.
(c) He is the youngest crew member.
(d) He draws the shortest straw.

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

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

11. 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 tells Rutherford not to speak of it to anyone.
(c) He tells Rutherford that he wants to kill Falcon over it.
(d) He says nothing to Rutherford about it.

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

13. How does Rutherford describe Nathaniel Meadows?
(a) Extremely handsome and meek.
(b) Somewhat disfigured and meek.
(c) Severely disfigured and arrogant.
(d) Extremely handsome and arrogant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cringle's correct speech is taken as ________, and the captain interprets his sensitivity as ___________.

2. To whom does Rutherford tell a sob story?

3. In describing the Allmuseri language, Rutherford says the sounds they produce are like:

4. The name of the ship on which Rutherford's new acquaintance is sailing is:

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

(see the answer keys)

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