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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many lines of a book had Captain Falcon taught himself to read at once?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

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

5. What was the profession of Captain Falcon's father?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Minister.

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

7. Why does Squibb walk with a limp?
(a) He has a metal rod in his foot.
(b) He has a wooden leg.
(c) He has a metal rod in his leg.
(d) He has a partially amputated foot.

8. In the Allmuseri language, what part of speech is used instead of nouns?
(a) Pronouns.
(b) Verbs.
(c) Adjectives.
(d) Adverbs.

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

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

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

12. When the Republic begins its return trip to New Orleans, what does it encounter?
(a) Hurricanes.
(b) Calm water and no wind.
(c) Sea monsters.
(d) Rough water and bad weather.

13. What is the total value of the ship's entire cargo?
(a) $8,585.
(b) $8,885.
(c) $8,888.
(d) $8,858.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sailor that Rutherford meets in Entry 1 is taking the position of ____________ aboard Captain Falcon's ship.

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

3. What does Captain Falcon tell Rutherford he has been teased about since he was a boy?

4. Where does Tommy stay for the rest of the voyage to New Orleans?

5. When is the only time Cringle seems to relax?

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