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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the slave boy's corpse is thrown overboard, what does Ngonyama return to Rutherford?
(a) The book Rutherford had given him.
(b) The ring Rutherford had given him.
(c) The key Rutherford had given him.
(d) The gun Rutherford had given him.

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

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 the lives of any men he wishes to spare.
(b) Plead for his own life.
(c) Convince the crew to surrender before they are all killed.
(d) Convince the Allmuseri that he is on their side.

4. After the battle ends, whom do the Allmuseri accuse of being responsible for the brutal ways in which they were treated?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Cringle.
(d) Meadows.

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

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

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

9. According to the rules Diamelo establishes after Captain Falcon's death, what language must be spoken by all on board?
(a) English.
(b) Allmuseri.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Swahili.

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

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

12. After going into the water, on what does Rutherford rely to keep him afloat?
(a) A lifeboat.
(b) Wreckage from the ship.
(c) A hammock.
(d) A lifejacket.

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

14. After the captain dies, what is done with him and all his possessions?
(a) They are burned on a funeral pyre.
(b) They are brought on deck and defiled.
(c) They are locked in his cabin.
(d) They are thrown overboard.

15. When the mate named Fletcher comes into the meeting room, what news does he have for the mutineers?
(a) Everything is in place and the mutiny can start whenever the men are ready.
(b) The slaves have escaped and are revolting.
(c) The captain's men have caught wind of the mutiny and have begun killing the crew.
(d) The captain's men have caught wind of the mutiny and have abandoned ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of Rutherford's blood does Squibb eventually draw?

2. On what date did Rutherford's father try to escape?

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

4. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?

5. 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?

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