2. Captain Falcon's ship is going to Bangalang, located on the coast of which country?
(a) Guinea.
(b) Greece.
(c) India.
(d) Ghana.

3. What does Cringle have a sixth sense about?
(a) Death.
(b) Illness.
(c) Disaster.
(d) People.

4. How much does Mr. Zeringue tell Rutherford he owes him?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars.
(b) Fifty thousand sovereigns.
(c) Fifty thousand pounds.
(d) Fifty thousand francs.

5. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?
(a) Of overwork, in the fields of Illinois.
(b) In childbirth, giving birth to his baby sister.
(c) Of disease, during passage from Africa.
(d) In bed, of old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Reverend Chandler, Rutherford's master, try to teach him while he was growing up on the plantation?

2. After Rutherford's new friend passes out from alcohol, what does Rutherford do?

3. Why do the Allmuseri require no medication?

4. How does Rutherford describe himself as having felt on board?

5. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ability does Rutherford lose while at sea?

2. What tendency of Rutherford's can Reverend Chandler do nothing to stifle?

3. As the Republic leaves the African coast, to what does Rutherford attribute the uneasiness he senses in Captain Falcon?

4. As Rutherford looks at the crates of souvenirs (such as scrolls, paintings, and prayer carpets), whom does he realize is paying for the items and why?

5. What, according to Rutherford, is proof of Isadora's kind heart?

6. Once Rutherford has broken into the captain's quarters, what does he not do?

7. What does Rutherford think about Isadora's choice of New Orleans as her city of residence?

8. How does Rutherford describe Captain Falcon?

9. Why, although it is against his better judgment, does Rutherford steal Squibb's work papers?

10. What is Captain Falcon's reason for telling Rutherford to sit down?

(see the answer keys)

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