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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has destroyed the Allmuseri village?
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) Disease.

3. 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 draws the shortest straw.
(d) He is the youngest crew member.

4. What is the name of the black man who brings Rutherford to Mr. Zeringue?
(a) Enrique.
(b) Larry.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Santos.

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

6. What is Mr. Zeringue?
(a) The town's wealthiest businessman.
(b) The town gangster.
(c) The town benefactor.
(d) The town financier.

7. When McGaffin notices the ring that Rutherford is wearing, how does Rutherford say he got it from Captain Falcon?
(a) He says it was a gift.
(b) He says he stole it.
(c) He says the captain dropped it and he picked it up.
(d) He says he bought it off the captain.

8. What prophecy of Reverend Chandler about him does Rutherford say comes true in Entry 3?
(a) He becomes a pirate.
(b) He becomes a thief.
(c) He becomes a murderer.
(d) He becomes a man's man.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?
(a) Quartermaster.
(b) First mate and quartermaster.
(c) First mate.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Allmuseri language, what part of speech is used instead of nouns?

2. Captain Ebenezer Falcon has a reputation for being:

3. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?

4. What effect does Rutherford say the written form of the Allmuseri language has on him?

5. The next time Rutherford talks to Falcon, what does Falcon tell him he plans to do with the Allmuseri once they reach land?

(see the answer keys)

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