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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) Planning another mutiny.
(c) Stealing alcohol from the medical supplies.
(d) Stealing from Rutherford.

2. What does the captain tell Rutherford he must do, no matter what happens?
(a) Stay on good terms with Squibb.
(b) Stay away from Meadows.
(c) Keep trying to get along with the Allmuseri.
(d) Continue writing in the ship's log.

3. After Rutherford is made to go back to bed, he feels as if he is becoming _______________.
(a) Paralyzed and deaf.
(b) Blind and deaf.
(c) Paralyzed and blind.
(d) Deaf and mute.

4. How old does Rutherford estimate the deceased slave boy to be?
(a) About Ngonyama's age.
(b) About his age.
(c) Younger than him.
(d) Older than him.

5. When Rutherford goes back on deck, what does he find himself dreaming of?
(a) Isadora.
(b) His father.
(c) Bangalang.
(d) Home.

6. What is the steak that Squibb feeds Rutherford after he returns to consciousness?
(a) Ribeye.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Cringle.
(d) New York strip.

7. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?
(a) The magnetic ring he had given Rutherford.
(b) The gun he had given Rutherford.
(c) A knife.
(d) A drink of water.

8. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford he would do if he were master of the ship?
(a) He would sail back to Bangalang and enslave the crew.
(b) He would sail to New Orleans and return the ship to the crew.
(c) He would sail back to Bangalang and kill the crew.
(d) He would sail back to Bangalang and return the ship to the crew.

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

10. Reverend Chandler tells Jackson and Rutherford they are ____________.
(a) Inheriting the entire plantation.
(b) Being conscripted into the army.
(c) Free to leave.
(d) Being sold to his neighbor.

11. When Rutherford falls while on deck, who comes to help him?
(a) Squibb.
(b) Diamelo.
(c) Ngonyama.
(d) Baleka.

12. When Reverend Chandler was near death, where did Jackson ask Rutherford to meet him?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In Chandler's chambers.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In Chandler's office.

13. What natural event does Rutherford fear the special cargo will bring about?
(a) The Apocalypse.
(b) Waterspouts.
(c) A maelstrom.
(d) A hurricane.

14. When Rutherford encounters Falcon in the passageway after one of Falcon's booby traps goes off, what emotion does he hear in Falcon's voice?
(a) Fear.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Rage.

15. Whom does Diamelo threaten to kill for not understanding orders?
(a) Rutherford.
(b) Squibb.
(c) Cringle.
(d) Baleka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutherford do after Squibb finishes bleeding him?

2. This journal entry ends as:

3. 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?

4. When Ngonyama falls ill, what does Squibb diagnose him with?

5. When the ship sinks, where does it break apart?

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