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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Rage.
(b) Fear.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Nervousness.

3. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford, during the battle on deck, that he must do now if he is going to do it at all?
(a) Plead for his own life.
(b) Convince the Allmuseri that he is on their side.
(c) Plead for the lives of any men he wishes to spare.
(d) Convince the crew to surrender before they are all killed.

4. This journal entry ends as:
(a) Rutherford reaches land.
(b) Rutherford feels himself slipping below the water.
(c) Rutherford dies.
(d) Rutherford is rescued by a passing ship.

5. When Baleka comes to check on Rutherford, what does she tell him?
(a) It is his turn to make dinner.
(b) It is his turn to clean out the hold.
(c) It is his turn to empty the slop pails in the head.
(d) It is his turn to feed the Allmuseri god.

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

7. Rutherford notices that Cringle's body is covered in:
(a) A rash.
(b) Open sores.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Smallpox.

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

9. Whom do Cringle and Rutherford find hiding in a storeroom?
(a) Baleka and Squibb.
(b) Squibb.
(c) Captain Falcon.
(d) Tommy.

10. What form does the Allmuseri god take when Rutherford goes to feed it?
(a) Captain Falcon.
(b) Reverend Chandler, his master.
(c) Riley Calhoun, his father.
(d) Isadora.

11. In what way, according to Rutherford, do the Allmuseri greet visitors to their village that is often misunderstood?
(a) By throwing dirt on them.
(b) By throwing water on them.
(c) By spitting at their faces.
(d) By spitting at their feet.

12. Where does Cringle send Rutherford to discuss the mutiny plans?
(a) The galley.
(b) The crow's nest.
(c) The captain's cabin.
(d) The first mate's quarters.

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

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

15. How did Cringle wind up as part of the Republic's crew?
(a) He volunteered.
(b) He was appointed to it by his father.
(c) He was commissioned after graduating from school.
(d) He was shanghaied.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle ends, whom do the Allmuseri accuse of being responsible for the brutal ways in which they were treated?

2. That night, the Allmuseri have a ceremony to ___________ the ship.

3. 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?

4. On what does Riley Jackson blame his wild ways?

5. When Rutherford goes back up on deck after evaluating Baleka, which direction does he notice Ngonyama looking toward?

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