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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crime does Squibb get caught committing on board the ship?
(a) Stealing from the children's rations.
(b) Stealing alcohol from the medical supplies.
(c) Planning another mutiny.
(d) Stealing from Rutherford.

2. What is the only thing that Falcon is concerned with?
(a) Money and fame.
(b) His ship and crew.
(c) World peace.
(d) Finding a wife.

3. About whom does Rutherford find himself thinking as he writes in the ship's log?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Papa.
(c) Reverend Chandler.
(d) Isadora.

4. How does Rutherford convince the Allmuseri to spare Cringle's life?
(a) He convinces them to make him their slave.
(b) He convinces them that only Cringle knows how to repair the ship.
(c) He convinces him that they need Cringle to read the maps.
(d) He convinces them that Cringle is their friend.

5. Jackson is the epitome of goodness, and Rutherford is the ______________.
(a) Hard worker.
(b) Problem child.
(c) Eccentric genius.
(d) Shrewd businessman.

6. After his conversation with Falcon, what does Rutherford see?
(a) Squibb and his parrot, both drunk.
(b) Meadows, imitating Falcon's voice and habits.
(c) Ngonyama, eavesdropping on the conversation.
(d) Meadows, imitating Rutherford's voice and habits.

7. Wounded limbs are treated by _____________; a sore tooth is treated by _____________.
(a) Antibiotics; cold compresses.
(b) Amputation; drilling and filling.
(c) Antibiotics; extraction.
(d) Amputation; extraction.

8. What Allmuseri martial art is based on fighting in close quarters while bound?
(a) Dambe.
(b) Kabye.
(c) Capoeira.
(d) Obnu Bilate.

9. When Baleka comes to check on Rutherford, what does he notice about how she displays feelings?
(a) She displays them very cautiously.
(b) She wears them on her sleeve.
(c) She never displays them to anyone.
(d) She expresses them very melodramatically.

10. When Ngonyama comes to bring Rutherford back on deck after the storm begins, how many passengers does Ngonyama tell Rutherford remain?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

11. Before Reverend Chandler said how he would dispose of his estate, Jackson had already stated that he would not accept a gift of land or property. What is Rutherford's opinion of his brother's statement?
(a) He calls Jackson wise.
(b) He calls Jackson an idiot.
(c) He suggests Jackson reconsider.
(d) He calls Jackson a fool.

12. What is Reverend Chandler's reaction to Jackson's refusal to accept a gift of land or property?
(a) He calls Jackson pathetic.
(b) He suggests Jackson reconsider.
(c) He calls Jackson a visionary.
(d) He calls Jackson wise beyond his years.

13. How does Captain Falcon die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He dies from the injuries he suffered when his cabin collapsed.
(c) He is made to walk the plank and is eaten by sharks.
(d) He is murdered.

14. While in Falcon's cabin after the fight on deck, what does Ngonyama tell the rest of the Allmuseri?
(a) They must hunt down and kill the rest of the crew.
(b) They must befriend the rest of the crew in order to get home.
(c) They are free men.
(d) They are not free men yet.

15. When the ship sinks, where does it break apart?
(a) Down the center.
(b) At the front.
(c) Across the middle.
(d) At the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rutherford falls while on deck, who comes to help him?

2. After Rutherford finishes telling Squibb about Reverend Chandler's death, what illness does he say that Baleka seems to have?

3. Reverend Chandler tells Jackson and Rutherford they are ____________.

4. When Meadows and Ngonyama carry a slave boy's corpse from below, what body part(s) does Meadows cut off before the corpse is thrown overboard?

5. What does Rutherford wind up inheriting from Reverend Chandler?

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