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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date did Rutherford's father try to escape?
(a) New Year's Day, 1811.
(b) New Year's Eve, 1811.
(c) Christmas Eve, 1811.
(d) New Year's Day, 1812.

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

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

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

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

7. After his conversation with Ngonyama, what does Rutherford give him?
(a) Information on the upcoming mutiny plans.
(b) A gun and magnetized ring.
(c) A key he had stolen from Falcon's cabin.
(d) A big hug.

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

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

10. What are the slaves forced to do in the hold so that as many of them as possible can be squeezed into the available space?
(a) Stand at all times.
(b) Sit in contorted positions.
(c) Lie on their sides.
(d) Kneel with their hands above their heads.

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

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

13. How does Reverend Chandler dispose of his estate?
(a) He donates it to the city to be turned into a hospital.
(b) He divides it among all of the slaves.
(c) He gives it all to Jackson.
(d) He divides it between Jackson and Rutherford.

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

15. After Rutherford finishes telling Squibb about Reverend Chandler's death, what illness does he say that Baleka seems to have?
(a) A fever.
(b) Malaria.
(c) A cold.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Reverend Chandler's reaction to being told that Rutherford is present at his deathbed?

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

4. About whom does Rutherford find himself thinking as he writes in the ship's log?

5. When Reverend Chandler was near death, where did Jackson ask Rutherford to meet him?

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