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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. That night, the Allmuseri have a ceremony to ___________ the ship.
(a) Christen.
(b) Take control of.
(c) Re-dedicate.
(d) Cleanse.

4. After Rutherford finds crew members in the storeroom, he returns to the captain's cabin. In what condition does he find Captain Falcon?
(a) Badly hurt.
(b) Dead.
(c) Unhurt.
(d) Comatose.

5. What does Rutherford admit about his own physical condition?
(a) He is worse off than the rest of the passengers.
(b) He is in no better shape than most of the other passengers.
(c) He is in perfect health.
(d) He is near death.

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

7. What does Rutherford wind up inheriting from Reverend Chandler?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Forty dollars, a Bible, and Chandler's bedpan.
(c) Four dollars, a book of poetry, and Chandler's razor.
(d) Forty acres, a copy of McGuffey's Primer, and a mule.

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

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

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

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

12. During the storm, although the deck is in chaos, Rutherford can see Ngonyama. What does Ngonyama do?
(a) He lashs (ties) himself to the mast.
(b) He lashs (ties) himself to the rudder.
(c) He hangs himself.
(d) He lashs (ties) himself to the wheel.

13. What does Rutherford notice about the slaves when they come up from the hold?
(a) They have lice and rat bites.
(b) They don't have any clothes.
(c) They smell of vomit and feces.
(d) Their feet are dirty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rutherford goes back on deck, what does he find himself dreaming of?

2. What does Captain Falcon tell Rutherford the secret cargo consists of?

3. After going into the water, on what does Rutherford rely to keep him afloat?

4. When the food rations become low, what do the crew begin eating?

5. After the slave boy's corpse is thrown overboard, what does Ngonyama return to Rutherford?

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